Hello Folks,
I have been studying the logistical system of the Confederate forces in Virginia during the late war period for about two years now for the constant improving of my Confederate impression. For every source I find on blankets and issuing of blankets there is always a source to object or contradict the former (as is the case with every resource on the Civil War). I am trying to finally top off my late war Confederate impression and have hit a snag with the blanket. So I have these following questions: 1) What kind of blanket would a Confederate soldier have in the trenches defending Petersburg and Richmond? Being that there is little to know maneuvering during the siege, I feel like a Confederate soldier would be hard pressed to be able to acquire Federal issue items unless by relieving them from captured skirmishers or deserters. 2) Would a Confederate be more likely to have a Confederate manufactured blanket, a US blanket, a British/other European blanket, a home-spun blanket? 3) When all is said and done where can I find one of these items?
I look to your guidance and knowledge. From a mere youth striving for improvement, I look to you all who have been doing this for far longer than I to offer me assistance.
Thank you
I have been studying the logistical system of the Confederate forces in Virginia during the late war period for about two years now for the constant improving of my Confederate impression. For every source I find on blankets and issuing of blankets there is always a source to object or contradict the former (as is the case with every resource on the Civil War). I am trying to finally top off my late war Confederate impression and have hit a snag with the blanket. So I have these following questions: 1) What kind of blanket would a Confederate soldier have in the trenches defending Petersburg and Richmond? Being that there is little to know maneuvering during the siege, I feel like a Confederate soldier would be hard pressed to be able to acquire Federal issue items unless by relieving them from captured skirmishers or deserters. 2) Would a Confederate be more likely to have a Confederate manufactured blanket, a US blanket, a British/other European blanket, a home-spun blanket? 3) When all is said and done where can I find one of these items?
I look to your guidance and knowledge. From a mere youth striving for improvement, I look to you all who have been doing this for far longer than I to offer me assistance.
Thank you
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