Life of the Soldier

• A Confederate Bombproof Interior — The Liberty Rifles

• A Dozen Inexpensive Ways to Improve Your Personal Impression

• Authenticizing Your Enfield

• Building Winter Quarters

• CAMPAIGNER ON A BUDGET

• Standards for the Columbia Rifles: A Campaign-Oriented Civil War Living History Organization

• Converts Sought from the Heathen

• Etiquette, Deportment and Manners: Archaic Customs of the Era

• How to Make Your Own Inexpensive Contractor Stamps — The Liberty Rifles

• Less is More

• Military Etiquette and Deportment - The Stonewall Brigade

• Original Recipe for an Oil Cloth

• Reproducing the Flags of the 64th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

• Revised United States Army Regulations of 1861

• Rubber Poncho and Blankets from the Union Transport Maple Leaf — The Liberty Rifles

• Testing Your Authentic Appearance (or, Who let the farbs out)

• The Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare

• The Rifles of the 64th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

• The Uniform of the 1st Battalion

• The Uniform of the 64th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

• The Veterans Reserve Corps

• Union Army Courts Marshal

• We Were Marching on Christmas Day - History, Food, and Civilian and Soldiers’ Celebrations — The Liberty Rifles

• “Wytheville Depot” Jackets – Fact or Fiction — The Liberty Rifles

• Army Blanket Coat

• Choosing the Proper Sack Coat

• Standards for the Columbia Rifles: A Campaign-Oriented Civil War Living History Organization

• CONFEDERATE "COLUMBUS DEPOT" JACKETS

• CONFEDERATE ISSUE JACKETS PART 1

• CONFEDERATE ISSUE JACKETS PART 2

• CONFEDERATE ISSUE JACKETS PART 3

• Flat Fell Seam Instructions

• Great Coat Folding 101

• Hand Stitches for Buttonholes

• John and George Gibson, House Carpenters and Builders – Providers of Buttons for the Richmond Clothing Bureau — The Liberty Rifles

• Observations of Civil War Era Shirts

• Oilcloth and Painted Accouterments

• Original CS Equipment

• Original Frock Coat

• Original Great Coat

• Original Sack Coats

• Original Shell Jackets

• Original Trousers

• Original US Equipment

• Patching Your Uniform

• Photographic Compilation of Federal Enlisted Men Wearing Dark Blue Pants in 1862 and Beyond — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Jackets – Vol. I – Forward — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Jackets – Vol. I – Part 1 - Jackets in this Study — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Jackets – Vol. I – Part 2 - Jacket Characteristics — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Jackets – Vol. I – Part 3 - Advanced Studies — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Clothing – Vol. II – Characteristics and Anomalies - Intro. — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Clothing – Vol. II – Characteristics and Anomalies - Part 1 — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Clothing – Vol. II – Characteristics and Anomalies - Part 2 — The Liberty Rifles

• Richmond Depot Clothing – Vol. II – Characteristics and Anomalies - Part 3 — The Liberty Rifles

• Sew What?

• The Greatcoat, & Why You Should Have One

• When is “Kersey” Not Kersey — The Liberty Rifles

• Definitions of Leather and US Infantry Cartridge Boxes: A Guide to Their Use — The Liberty Rifles

• Examination of Original Tools Excavated from Federal Camps — The Liberty Rifles

• Fouled Muskets Revisited — The Liberty Rifles

• Haversacks

• Poke Sackology 101

• Scabbards

• The Haversack

• US Army Tool Contracts, 1863-1865 — The Liberty Rifles

• Confederate Canteens

• Federal Canteens

• Other Uses for the Canteen

• Union Army Canteens

• A Civil War Bed Roll

• Some (more) Thoughts on the Civil War Bed Roll

• Knapsacks and Blanket Rolls

• Knapsack Packing 101

• Stud Covers and Scalloped Shoulder Strap Ends on Early Federal Knapsacks — The Liberty Rifles

• The World On Your Shoulders - How to Pack a Knapsack and Blanket Roll

• Early War Federal Shelter Tent: Construction Instructions and Specifications (Shelter Type II-A)

• Federal Shelter Tent

• Fly Tents and Shelter Halves: Confederate Tent Production in Richmond — The Liberty Rifles

• Mid and Late War Federal Shelter Tent (Shelter Type III-a)

• No Tent, No Problem!

• Pig Pens and Hog Wallows

• SHELTER TENTS FOR THE CONFEDERATE IMPRESSION

• Shred the Tents and Burn the Wagons

• The Shelter Tent

ARTICLES

• Authentic Cartridge Tubes

• Cartridge and Arsenal Pack Instruction

• Companion to the New Rifle Musket

• Infantry Ammunition Standards

• Making Authentic Cartridge Packs

• Making Authentic Cartridges

• Musket Ammunition – One Amateur’s Guide to Rolling Your Own

• Period Blank Cartridges and How to Bundle Them

LABELS FOR ROUNDS

• Columbus Arsenal

• Frankford Arsenal - 69 cal

• Frankford Arsenal - 57 cal

• Indianapolis Arsenal

• Richmond Arsenal

• St. Louis Arsenal

• A Weekend's Eating: From One Little Bag

• Biscuit Bakers & Camp Kettles: Notes on Confederate Mess Equipment - The Liberty Rifles

• Biscuits, Hard Tack, and Crackers in Early America

• Extract of Coffee

• Flying Dutchman - Confederate Coffee Substitutes

• Flying Dutchman - No One Loves Me Like My Tomato Can

• Flying Dutchman - The Campaigner's Coffee

• Flying Dutchman - Value of a little research

• How to feed an army

• HOW TO MAKE COFFEE EXTRACT

• How To Make Hardtack

• Notes on Commissary Cooking and Equipment 1861-1865 — The Liberty Rifles

• Overview: Civil War and Reconstruction Foods — The Liberty Rifles

• Recipes for Camp

  • • Even More Camp Recipes

• Soldiers Loved a Refreshing Cup of Coffee

• The American Home Cookbook

• The Army Ration