A chronological presentation of some of the more unique and important uniforms to represent the evolution of the American Civil War “Blue and Grey” from just before the spark of the war in 1861 to Union victory and occupation in 1865.
This project is meant to honor men from both the north and the south -- now together forever in eternity — who served their countries, their states and their comrades while wearing these uniforms, weapons, and accouterments — during some of the most brutal battles Americans have ever faced. Shot in 4K and featuring nine of the best Living Historians in the country.
As accurately as we possibly could, and one uniform at a time.… telling the story of the 2.75 Million soldiers who once wore these sacks coats, shell jackets and kepis with pride — each soldier earning a debt we should all be duty-bound to continue to honor.
Thanks for this. I was looking for the 2nd. Ohio Volunteers. Some had stolen my Grand Dad's uniform back in the 1960's. My sister will be interested in this.
ReplyDeleteDammed interesting. If you ever visit some of the very small Civil War museums along the East Coast or anywhere the war was fought you can see all kinds of very interesting kif. one time I was in Virginia and a small town had a well stocked museum because a big battle was fought nearby. There was actually a thigh bone with a Mini mall embedded in it that had been found under a tree when the tree grew a nd pushed the bone to the surface. You can only imagine what happened to the original owner of the leg. And you gotta wonder, there must be tons of kit stashed away in attics and spare rooms all throughout the Confederacy since that's where most of the war was fought mostly not to mention in the homes of the Union soldiers' descendants.
ReplyDeleteMy great great great grandfather was in the Union Zouaves 93rd regiment from Pennsylvania. He was an immigrant from Bavaria and a tailor. I have a copy of his diaries. He had quite the business repairing uniforms.
ReplyDeleteSeeing the dates/campaigns associated with the uniforms ... well, the re-enactors' faces certainly reflected their knowledge of what was "about to happen."
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