Confederate Research Compendium

[Huck]

Re: Confederate Research Compendium

Any new detail on this project?

[JerseySkilletLicker]

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Charles,
Where can one find copies of the Hardcracker Handbook? If at all?

Thanks!

[csuniforms]

Re: Confederate Research Compendium-Wearing the Gray

Any new detail on this project?

Hello, We are at work right now on the new Wearing the Gray book. I am working on the Trans-Mississippi. Bill Adams and Craig Barry are working on the firearms and accoutrements-- Lots and Lots of new material-- some of it will knock your socks off!
I am very excited about the content and dedication of this book. Hopefully it will be out sometime at the end of this year. We will not go to print though, until we feel all bases are covered and all footnotes are in place.
We are also receiving articles and chapters from differet people who want to be a part of WTG. Chapters will cover all aspects of Confederate material culture from soup to leathers.--

CS Uniforms
Tom Arliskas

[sepoy1857]

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Did this book ever come out!??? I'd be interested in a copy.

[csuniforms]

Re: Confederate Research Compendium

Did this book ever come out!??? I'd be interested in a copy.

Not yet, You will have to wait-- hopefully this year or early next.

Tom Arliskas
CSuniforms

[JerseySkilletLicker]

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Having Tom as part of this project is a good thing indeed. His Cadet Gray book is wonderful and has been a steady seller of mine for quite sometime now.

[Virginia Rifle]

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I am really waiting for it. And my comrades too...

[sepoy1857]

Re: Confederate Research Compendium

Not yet, You will have to wait-- hopefully this year or early next.

Tom Arliskas
CSuniforms

Ah my mistake. I'm really looking forward to this one, and the book by David Burt on Iassac Campbell & Co..

[poilu1917]

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This maybe a dumb question, but are the following books the final result of the project mentioned here?

The Unfinished Fight Volume 1; Essays on Confederate Material Culture
The Unfinished Fight Volume 2; More Essays on Confederate Material Culture

Just wondering... I have Vol 1 but didn't know until today there was a Vol 2. Thanks!

[Michael Comer]

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Jon,

Yes, I believe they are.

[Craig L Barry]

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Yes, interesting story. The two "Unfinished Fight: Essays on Confederate Material Culture" books were the result of research begun even before this thread was posted back in 2007. We expected it to be completed within a year, or I did. Five years later, in 2012 with no end date in sight for the project it seemed like the right time to go ahead and publish the material I had ready to go. As it is, the two volumes of The Unfinished Fight together total about 400 pages. Had "Wearing the Gray" come to fruition, I hazard to think how many volumes it would have taken up. Five? Ten? Who knows?

The two "Unfinished Fight: Essays on Confederate Material Culture" books were a low key effort, all proceeds including the author's share are donated to battlefield preservation via The Watchdog. The chapters cover a broad array of topics both military and on the home front, but are by no means exhaustive on the subject of Confederate material culture. It does scratch the surface, though. For my part in it, while I have enough research material for an "Unfinished Fight" Volume III, this is a past project and I have moved on to the Suppliers to the Confederacy book series co-authored with professional researcher David Burt.

[coastaltrash]

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Damn good books too!

[Bill]

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Craig,

Where would I find these books today?

[Craig L Barry]

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Craig,

Where would I find these books today?

They are on Amazon.com. See http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Vol.../dp/B0099QSSQY

[Bill]

Re: Confederate Research Compendium

Thanks Craig,

Both books ordered, along with Civil War Woodworking!