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- The Civil War Monitor magazines top 20 biggest Civil War celebrities . . .
The Civil War Monitor magazine assembled a group of 'historians' to select the 20 biggest Civil War celebrities Is six women enough women? They came in 3rd place, 10th place,14th place,17th place, 18th place, and 19th place Can anyone one guess what six women made the cut and what place they
- Collection - 1856 Enfield Carbine made by Barnett | Small Arms . . .
The best quality arms made by any private company are from the London Armoury Company You'll find various opinions facts alternative facts about how many arms imported to the US for the Civil War were from the London Armoury I believe only a modest percentage of the hundreds of thousands of "enfield" arms imported were from the London
- Bayonet for Pedersolis 1861 Springfield? - American Civil War Forums
I definitely plan to invest in a quality made Italian bayonet, likely made from spring steel as opposed to carbon steel like most India reproductions The question is does anyone know of any 1861 bayonets that would fit Pedersoli's 1861 springfield "out of the box?" If not, could anyone give me
- Currency - Coins in the Confederacy | Currency, Stamps, other . . .
The Confederates made very little coins during the Civil War, but it's a bit more complicated than that The U S had 5 mints around the country that they were using, so when the Confederacy came to be, they took over 3 of them, most notably in New Orleans The Confederates started making coins
- Real Confederate Bowie Knives - American Civil War Forums
I made a measured drawing of two of the knives at the Coastal Museum for a knife smith in our local blacksmith forge One of them was a utility knife very similar to the Green River multi use knife above The "Bowie Knife" was exactly the same blade with a clip point Makes sense, a manufacturer would have no reason not to simplify the production
- Mulligan Stew | Foods Recipes | American Civil War Forums
The earliest type of Irish stew was made from mutton, onions, praties--the "lumber potato of famine infamy" salt and water Full stop That's it Carrots and vegetables came much later I suspect that once upon a time it was merely mutton, salt, onions, and turnips Incidentally, there is a lowland Scottish concoction, which is a bit similar, called "stovies" after the Spanish word estofado
- Civil War Era Knives | Small Arms Ammunition
Does anyone have in their collection the humble pocketknife from CW times? I'd like to see them, even if they're repros or custom-made modern ones I think this simple tool was one of the most useful for all What about "bowies"? Where they really used? I've seen pictures from the early war
- Texas made dragoon pistol - American Civil War Forums
Here is a pistol many have never seen or heard of That's why I'm sharing the information They are the Tucker and Sherrard 44cal dragoon pistols made at the Lancaster pistol factory, Texas 1862-1865 They are the same size and proportions as the Colt 2nd model Dragoon pistol They were all
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