Jul 30, 2024 · As my username might suggest, I enjoy learning about the different types of hats worn by soldiers around the time of the American Civil War. Some of these hats are pretty unremarkable, like the beehive slouch hats frequently worn by rebel soldiers, or the forage caps worn by federal troops, but...

Jul 29, 2013 · Keep going while you can. Great effort for just one year! I visited ZERO Civil War battlefields and sites in 2024, despite my interest being at a high level.

Mar 3, 2024 · What kind of shakos did privates, cadets, volunteer units, wear before and during the outbreak of the Civil War?

Aug 13, 2023 · His bio: American polymath and acclaimed neo-Victorian Civil War scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, a descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, Edmund W. Rucker, and William Giles Harding, is widely considered the most prolific and respected traditional Southern writer in the world today.

Dec 30, 2023 · How were cases of ptsd treated during and after the war? I haven't found any info on the subject, so it would be nice to find out.

Mar 16, 2016 · The singing societies of the Midwest, the drummer boys of the Civil War, the fife corps and the bugle corps of the armies of the North and South, the traveling entertainers of the United States, and the music of the various religious groups of this era would all provide fertile topics for further investigation.

May 5, 2019 · By reading the diaries of Civil War veterans and Civil War-era medical journals, historians can see just how widely opiates were used at the time. The prevalence of opiates and their wide use became the cause of America's real opium addiction epidemic.

Apr 20, 2011 · What happened to the last movie of the Shaara trilogy, "The last Full Measure"? Several years ago I read it was filming and they named a few key cast members, but haven't seen anything since?

Dec 11, 2013 · SO funny- I was looking for documentation on this tradition linked to the Civil War- just posted this yesterday and keep getting brought back to CWT. The Andersonville Pickle An alternate theory regarding the history of Christmas pickles attributes the custom to Civil War solider John Lower.

Aug 25, 2012 · Early in the Civil War the Confederacy toyed with the idea of using lancers. Several units were formed but often it is difficult to know if they every carried lances. The Shields Lancers of Virginia (1st Regiment Wise Legion) said to have used lances at Catlett's Station as part of Thomas L...