Top 10 Books/References for Authentic Reenacting

[wajohnson12]

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If you had to pick the top 10 books/reference materials to assist with authentic reenacting, what would those 10 be? Considering all aspects- uniforms, weapons, accouterments, camp life, food, etc.... what would your list look like?

[DougCooper]

Re: Top 10 Books/References for Authentic Reenacting

Hardtack and Coffee (Billings)
Echoes of Glory
Hard Marching Every Day, the Civil War Letters of Wilbur I Fisk
Life in the Confederate Army (Watson)
Anything by Fred Adolphus (http://adolphusconfederateuniforms.c...-uniforms.html)
Hardees Rifle and Infantry Tactics
Casey's Infantry Tactics
Gilham's Manual for Volunteers and Militia
Kautz Customs of the Service
Camp & Outpost Duty (Butterfield)

[wajohnson12]

Re: Top 10 Books/References for Authentic Reenacting

That's interesting that you'd put Hardee's, Casey's and Gilham's on the list.

[Yellowhammer Rebel]

Re: Top 10 Books/References for Authentic Reenacting

I'd have to put Si Klegg on that list as well. I know it's technically fiction, but all the soldier stuff he writes about isn't. A lot of good info, especially for western Federals, can be found between those pages.

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Oh, yeah. Add the Columbia Rifles Research Compendium to that list of books.

[Forlorn Hope]

Re: Top 10 Books/References for Authentic Reenacting

Definitely do not forget to check out Bell Irwin Wiley's The Life of Johnny Reb and The Life of Billy Yank. Both are superb monographs.

[Timothy Hallman]

Re: Top 10 Books/References for Authentic Reenacting

Co. Aytch if you want to race lice