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Many buckles use plates that bore the state seal or motto of their home states. The vast majority used simple roller buckle plates of the type found on a common dog collar. As the war progressed, more and more men used captured U.S. belt plates, often wearing them upside down. [10]
Katcher, Philip. Volstad, Ron. (1986) American Civil War armies: Volunteer militia Osprey ISBN 978-0-85045-679-0; Spencer, John D. (2006) The American Civil War in the Indian Territory Osprey ISBN 978-1-84603-000-0; Emerson, William K. (1996) Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms University of Oklahoma Press ISBN 978-0-8061 ...
A plate showing the uniform of a U.S. Army first sergeant, circa 1858, influenced by the French army. The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based on availability and cost of materials. [1]
Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. Miller, David, ed. (2001). The Illustrated Directory of Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment of the Civil War. Salamander. ISBN 978-0760310489
The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (also referred to as the War of the Rebellion Atlas) was published as a companion piece to the Official Records of the American Civil War. It contains maps and other images derived from materials generated by both Union and Confederate military personnel during the ...
A "chape" is the fixed cover or plate which attaches buckle to belt while the "mordant" or "bite" is the adjustable portion. Plate-style buckles are common on western military belts of the mid-19th century, which often feature a three-hook clasp: two hooks fitting into one end of the belt and a third into the other. Officers might have a ...
This is a list of Confederate arms manufacturers. The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by thirteen Southern states that had declared their secession from the United States.
The end of the war found most surviving Confederate States Marines gathered together in Richmond in support of the last desperate defenses of the South. [4] Marines in Virginia were part of the General Richard S. Ewell 's Corps which fought with distinction at the Battle of Sayler's Creek , [ 4 ] the last major battle before the surrender of ...