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American Revolution, French and Indian and of course, Civil War

This is a new one for me. Of course, I focused more on the military uniforms and equipment as a reenactor. My wife wore mostly ball gowns and carried a small crocheted purse. Even some of the more “dressed up” ladies never had anything like you picture here. That’s one of the reasons I like studying the period. You learn something new all of the time.

Interesting. I spent many hours as a Civil War reenactor and never thought about the ladies having or not having pockets even in what were considered “camp dresses”. These plain skirts were worn by the ladies who spent time in camp making sure we were all fed and we’re devoid of the hoops worn under more dressier dresses. Most of the ladies…[Read more]

For students of the Battle of Gettysburg, I highly recommend three by author Harry Pfanz. Gettysburg the First Day, Gettysburg the Second Day and Gettysburg: Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill are all incredibly well written and researched. Pfanz spent ten years as lead historian for the Gettysburg National Military Park.