Was perusing the wikipedia page of the 11th New York Infantry, when I came across this passage:

"The second uniform was issued when the first, not made of quality materials, fell apart on most men. This uniform was issued by the federal government, and to the disgust of the men, was...

I am currently working on finishing my Eastern Theater impression for the 50th NY Engineers, Sappers and Pioneers. One of the unique uniforms they wore for details building bridges, earth works, etc., I am currently researching and working with the Corps of Engineers historians on this. The Liberty...

Pictured Here - Will Eichler at the Fort Wayne Research Library This is the motherload of informational links, gathered at the AC over the last twenty years. If you are looking for info on uniforms, equipment, improving your impression, camping, cooking, rations, manuals and drill, this...

Does anybody have good reference articles or reference materials on hand that compare the 1858 pattern forage caps manufactured by the Schuylkill Arsenal prior to the war to the various wartime contract forage caps?

Was perusing the wikipedia page of the 11th New York Infantry, when I came across this passage:

"The second uniform was issued when the first, not made of quality materials, fell apart on most men. This uniform was issued by the federal government, and to the disgust of the men, was...

I am currently working on finishing my Eastern Theater impression for the 50th NY Engineers, Sappers and Pioneers. One of the unique uniforms they wore for details building bridges, earth works, etc., I am currently researching and working with the Corps of Engineers historians on this. The Liberty...

Pictured Here - Will Eichler at the Fort Wayne Research Library This is the motherload of informational links, gathered at the AC over the last twenty years. If you are looking for info on uniforms, equipment, improving your impression, camping, cooking, rations, manuals and drill, this...

Anyone have any insight on period correct water storage? Would civilians (and ACW soldiers for that matter) just store water in small barrels? I'm thinking of civilian camp situations, like gold rush or whilst moving around, when a person would be away from an established well or clean water source. ...

Time to talk all about apples! We are fortunate to have Debra Reid, Curator of Agriculture and the Environment at The Henry Ford, as a guest again. In this episode, Will asks her an important and simple question about the 19th century, why apples? Enjoy the discussion as Debra talks all things apples...

A 19th century family living on a farm would need to know how to store their nutritious cabbage crop. It’s important since it would help them get through the lean winter months. In this episode, we learn from Debra Reid, Curator of Agriculture and the Environment at The Henry Ford, how to do this....

Protection of portion of Civil War battlefield in Alabama will allow further study of African-American troops who helped secure victory. https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.co...-blakeley.html...

The American Battlefield Trust has raised $12,500, the private donations needed to purchase and protect 29 acres of the Williamsburg Civil War Battlefield, according to a trust official. “We cannot declare full ‘victory,’” explained Mary Koik, Trust director of communications and editor of “Hallowe...

The historically valuable Egger family property in York County was home to enslaved persons whose actions — as Confederate forced laborers and observers who gave essential information later to Union troops — provided an impetus as a forerunner to the Emancipation Proclamation, a University of Alabama...

Out of curiosity, would anyone be interested in forming a heavy artillery battery in the upper Midwest? I haven’t put a lot of thought into the subject, but am just curious.

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We are back at Historic Fort Wayne in Michigan to share what to do with leftovers, hominy ration leftovers! If you have not yet watched the episode on boiling hominy, check that out, it sets the stage for this one! A veteran shares one idea of what to do with all that leftover hominy the next day and...

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11th Ohio Cavalry - We focus on planning and organizing events in and around central Wyoming which involved either the 11th Ohio or 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry units that were stationed between Fort Laramie and South Pass in the summer of 1865. ...