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Re: Camp Chairs
I did a rather unscientific study of photos in my Photographic History of the Civil War for the self same question a while back and what I found out is kinda echoed by the other guys here.
1.) The only photos I found of Enlisted ranks using "store-bought' seating were generly early war shots of outfits like the Washington Artillery (CS) ot the 7th N.Y.S.M., basicly "paper collar" outfits. or troops in settled garrison duty (forts, barracks, ect.) or the occasional winter encampment. Everywhere else I saw only Officers sitting on stools ,seats or church pews. It kinda stands to reason, when you have a group of men the size of the Army of the Potomac, there aren't going to be enough chairs in the surrounding three counties for the men, let alone enough for the officers.:wink_smil
I did a rather unscientific study of photos in my Photographic History of the Civil War for the self same question a while back and what I found out is kinda echoed by the other guys here.
1.) The only photos I found of Enlisted ranks using "store-bought' seating were generly early war shots of outfits like the Washington Artillery (CS) ot the 7th N.Y.S.M., basicly "paper collar" outfits. or troops in settled garrison duty (forts, barracks, ect.) or the occasional winter encampment. Everywhere else I saw only Officers sitting on stools ,seats or church pews. It kinda stands to reason, when you have a group of men the size of the Army of the Potomac, there aren't going to be enough chairs in the surrounding three counties for the men, let alone enough for the officers.:wink_smil
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