- 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
- Civil War rifles - modern barrel material to shiny?
Hello, I have a question about the authentic rifle barrels, which were made during the civil war Is there any report about the material condition, which was used for the Springfield 61 for example? I have a guy who argues, that the modern replicas are all wrong, cause the barrel is to shiny
- 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
- 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
- Who made this jacket | Reenactors Forum - Join, Drill, See the Elephant
75 call it even great buy regardless who made it $160 would be a good price used Though you might be able to get more if you get some new campaigner who wants a name on his back to flaunt
- 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
- 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
- How did the supply-poor Confederate army obtain sulpher for gunpowder . . .
It is my understanding that, given the severe shortage of supplies, the Confederate army used bat guano to procure potassium nitrate (saltpetre), before mixing it with charcoal and sulphur, to create gunpowder However, I cannot find anything that explains how they procured sulphur, given that
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