| The Confederate Army 1861-65 (3): Louisiana & Texas Contributor(s): Field, Ron (Author), Hook, Richard (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1846030315 ISBN-13: 9781846030314 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: The common image of the Confederate Army during the Civil War is dominated by a limited number of early photographs of offices and men wearing the gray and butternut associated with the CS regulations and quartermaster issues. This sequence of books examines a much wider field: the original uniforms of the state militia and volunteer companies brought together to form the Confederate field armies, and the continuing efforts to clothe troops as wear-and-tear gradually reduced the originally wide range of uniforms. A mass of information from contemporary documents is illustrated with rare photographs and meticulous color reconstructions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 355.140 |
| Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 6.64" W x 9.66" (0.37 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Maryland - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Missouri |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The common image of the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865) is dominated by a limited number of early photographs of officers and men wearing the gray and butternut associated with the CS regulations and quartermaster issues. This sequence of books examines a much wider field: the original uniforms of the state militia and volunteer companies brought together to form the Confederate field armies, and the continuing efforts to clothe troops as wear-and-tear gradually reduced the originally wide range of uniforms. A mass of information from contemporary documents is illustrated with rare photographs and meticulous color reconstructions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hook, Richard: - Richard Hook is an internationally acclaimed artist, renowned for his paintings of Native American culture. |