General Echoes of Glory: Arms and Equipment of Union (Alexandria, VA: Time Life Books, 1992) Echoes of Glory: Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy (Alexandria, VA: Time Life Books, 1992) Earl Coates and Frederick Gaede, ed., The 1865 Quartermaster Manual (Gettysburg: Arbor House Publishing, 2013) Frederick Todd, American Military Equipage, 1851-1872 (New York: Scribner, 1980) …
By Austin Williams, 33rd VA Co. H The following article was published in the February 1, 2026 issue of the “Living History Gazette.” Read the entire issue here. In an earlier edition of the Gazette, I provided a general overview of the various small arms cartridge patterns used by the Confederate Ordnance Department. For the …
By Austin Williams, 33rd VA Co. H The following article was published in the August 1, 2025 issue of the “Living History Gazette.” Read the entire issue here. A key milestone in any living historian’s journey towards improved authenticity is the moment he realizes the “paper ladies” he’s been carrying in his cartridge box bear …
By Austin Williams, 33rd VA Co. H The following article was published in the inaugural November 1, 2024 issue of the “Living History Gazette.” Read the entire issue here. It is an abbreviated version of the four part article on Confederate blankets available here, with recommendations added specific to the living historian. Anyone interest in …
This is Chapter Four of a four chapter article. See Chapter One, Chapter Two, and Chapter Three. For a brief summary of this article, adapted to address the needs of living historians, see Blankets for Your Confederate Impression published in the ‘Living History Gazette.’ The Means in its Own Hands to Obtain all the Supplies …
This is Chapter Three of a four chapter article. See Chapter One, Chapter Two, and Chapter Four. For a brief summary of this article, adapted to address the needs of living historians, see Blankets for Your Confederate Impression published in the ‘Living History Gazette.’ Every Exertion has Been Made – Spring 1862 With such a …
This is Chapter Two of a four chapter article. See Chapter One, Chapter Three, and Chapter Four. For a brief summary of this article, adapted to address the needs of living historians, see Blankets for Your Confederate Impression published in the ‘Living History Gazette.’ Development of the British Blanket Industry Confident though Benjamin might have …
By Austin Williams, 33rd VA Co. H This is Chapter One of a four chapter article. See Chapter Two, Chapter Three, and Chapter Four. For a brief summary of this article, adapted to address the needs of living historians, see Blankets for Your Confederate Impression published in the ‘Living History Gazette.’ Of all the items …
By Austin Williams, 33rd Virginia Co. H The following is the first of a three part primer on skirmish drill, covering deployments and general principles, movement and firing, and reforming. These articles are intended to be a general introduction or refresher and should not be viewed as a replacement for reading the original manuals. Wherever …
By Austin Williams, 33rd Virginia Co. H The following is the first of a three part primer on skirmish drill, covering deployments and general principles, movement and firing, and reforming. These articles are intended to be a general introduction or refresher and should not be viewed as a replacement for reading the original manuals. Wherever …