Mar 3, 2024 · What kind of shakos did privates, cadets, volunteer units, wear before and during the outbreak of the Civil War?

Dec 30, 2023 · How were cases of ptsd treated during and after the war? I haven't found any info on the subject, so it would be nice to find out.

May 5, 2019 · By reading the diaries of Civil War veterans and Civil War-era medical journals, historians can see just how widely opiates were used at the time. The prevalence of opiates and their wide use became the cause of America's real opium addiction epidemic.

Jul 29, 2013 · Keep going while you can. Great effort for just one year! I visited ZERO Civil War battlefields and sites in 2024, despite my interest being at a high level.

Jul 30, 2024 · As my username might suggest, I enjoy learning about the different types of hats worn by soldiers around the time of the American Civil War. Some of these hats are pretty unremarkable, like the beehive slouch hats frequently worn by rebel soldiers, or the forage caps worn by federal troops, but...

Sep 10, 2024 · It appears to be a Civil War era crossdressing female who is wearing some type of buttoned double-breasted clothing along with what looks like an overcoat. The clothing, the short cut hair, the hat and the neckerchief remind me of what Old …

Jan 29, 2024 · Does anyone know what concoctions the Confederates used to make substitutes for "COFFEE?" I read somewhere a long time back that they tried making "coffee" from corn. Because of the blockade, coffee became practically nonexistent in the South. We have read stories about Confederate soldiers on...

Nov 18, 2024 · Many people harp on the great leadership skills of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, as well as the great battle between Grant and Lee. But there is one very important man that a lot of people leave out. And that man, is Jefferson Davis. Now, I'm not trying to be a southern sympathizer, or...

Aug 13, 2023 · His bio: American polymath and acclaimed neo-Victorian Civil War scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, a descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, Edmund W. Rucker, and William Giles Harding, is widely considered the most prolific and respected traditional Southern writer in the world today.

May 4, 2012 · What duties does an officers orderly perform? I have an idea of what they may be (running errands, etc.) But what specifically where their duties. My g grandfather (3rd OVC) was an orderly for General Crook for part of the war.