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)

Don Troiani, Earl Coates, Michael McAfee, Don Trioni’s Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002)

Uniforms – Federal

Edgar M. Howell and Donald Kloster, United States Army Headgear to 1854 (Washington: Smithsonian Institutions Press, 1969)

Edgar Howell, United States Army Headgear 1855-1902 (Washington: Smithsonian Institutions Press)

Michael R. Cunningham, “Federal Soldier Modifications of Civil War Issue Uniforms, Part 1: Jackets, Coats, Trousers, and Headgear,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Fall 2020)

Michael R. Cunningham, “Federal Soldier Modifications of Civil War Issue Uniforms, Part 2: Is the Federal Issue Infantry Uniform Jacket a Civil War Myth?,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 72, No. 4 (Winter 2020)

Paul Boccadoro, “Photographic Compilation of Federal Enlisted Men Wearing Dark Blue Trousers in 1862 and Beyond,” The Liberty Rifles

Frederick Gaede and Juanita Jensen, “Gaiters for the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Fall 2014)

Michael R. Cunningham, “The U.S. Army 1858 Pattern Forage Cap: Observed Variations in the Type I Cap and New Information about the Type II Cap,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 77, No. 3 (Fall 2025)

W. Chris Dumford, “Distinctions of a Late War Civil War Kepi,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Fall 2011)

Uniforms – Confederate, General

Leslie Jensen “A Survey of Confederate Central Government Quartermaster Issue Jackets,” Military Collector and Historian (1989)

Tom Arliskas, Cadet Gray and Butternut Brown (Gettysburg, Pa: Thomas Publications, 2006)

Fredrick Adolphus, “The Quintessential Confederate Cap,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Fredrick Adolphus, “Basics About Confederate Uniforms,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Fredrick Adolphus, “Confederate Uniforms of the Lower South,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Fredrick Adolphus, “Confederate Depot Uniforms of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Fredrick Adolphus, “Confederate Depot Sack Coat: An Overlooked Garment,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Ron Field, “Clothing the Confederate Soldiers of South Carolina, 1861–1865 – Part 1: The State Quartermaster Department,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Spring 2018)

Ron Field, “Clothing the Confederate Soldiers of South Carolina, 1861–1865 – Part 2: Confederate Quartermaster Issue,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 71, No. 3 (Fall 2019)

James Schruefer, “A Comparison of NC & CS Clothing Supply in Heth’s Division,” Blue and Gray Marching

Uniforms – Confederate, Richmond Clothing Bureau

Richard Milstead, “Richmond Depot Jackets: Characteristics, Anomolies, & Myths – A Comparison Study of Fifteen Original Examples,” The Liberty Rifles

Richard Milstead, “Richmond Depot Clothing – Vol. II, Characteeristics and Anomalies: More Jackets, Pants, Drawers, and Shirts,” The Liberty Rifles

Richard Milstead, “‘I am Rigged in a Splendid Suit of Blue…’; Interpreting Richmond Depot Clothing from a Material Culture Paradigm,” The Liberty Rifles

Richard Milstead, “When is ‘Kersey’ Not Kersey? Textile Transactions Between the Richmond Clothing Bureau and Kelly, Tacket, Ford & Company,” The Liberty Rifles

Richard Milstead, “‘The Labors of the Loom’—Domestic Woolen Fabric Production for the Confederate Richmond Clothing Bureau, 1861‑1865,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Fall 2020)

Richard Milstead, “The Tale of Two Jackets: Examination of Two Jackets Made by the Richmond Clothing Bureau in Spring 1864,”Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 69, No. 2 (Summer 2017)

James Schruefer, “Dear Richmond Depot, Please Make Plus-Sized Clothing for Our Giant Soldiers,” Blue and Gray Marching

James Schruefer, “‘It Was Easy to Distinguish Them From the Soldiers of Bragg’s Army:’ The Uniform of Longstreet’s Corps at Chickamauga,” Blue and Gray Marching

Richard Milstead, “The Mysterious Case of Lieutenant Tolson’s Pants and Other Late Civil War Richmond Depot Trousers: An Examination of Three Examples Attributed to the Richmond Clothing Bureau,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 70, No. 3 (Fall 2018)

Richard Milstead, “John and George Gibson, House Carpenters and Builders – Providers of Buttons for the Richmond Clothing Bureau,” The Liberty Rifles

Richard Milstead, “‘All kinds of Carpenter’s work done…’ John & George Gibson, Carpenters, Builders, and Button Makers for the Richmond Clothing Bureau,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 74, No. 1 (Spring 2022)

James Schruefer, “John & George Gibson: Wooden Buttons for the Richmond Depot,” Blue and Gray Marching

Craig Schnider and Conor Timoney, “Richmond Clothing Bureau Caps of 1861-1863,” The Liberty Rifles

Richard Milstead, “‘Red Caps’ for Willy Pegram’s Artillery Battalion: Issue of Kepis for Artillery in the ANV during 1863–1864,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 71, No. 1 (Spring 2019)

Uniforms – Confederate, Imported

Fredrick Adolphus, Imported Confederate Uniforms of Peter Tait & Co., Limerick Ireland (Published by Author, 2010)

Fredrick Adolphus, “Peter Tait Trousers Finally Surface: Alabama Tait Contract Artillery Trousers,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Fredrick Adolphus, “The Imported British Overcoat for the Confederate Army,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Austin Williams, “Striped Shirts and Slop Sellers: British Import Shirts in the Army of Northern Virginia,” The Stonewall Brigade

Accouterments

Frederick C. Gaede, “U.S. Army Accoutrement Evolution Prior to the Civil War: The “Fenwick” Ordnance Board of 1837 and 1838 and the Infantry Cartridge Box,” American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, no. 92.

Paul Johnson, Civil War Cartridge Boxes of the Union Infantryman (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 1998)

Steve Mullinax, Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates (Alexandria: O’Donnell Publications, 1999)

Larry McIrvin, “Definitions of Leather and US Infantry Cartridge Boxes: A Guide to their Use,” The Liberty Rifles

David Jarnagin & Ken Knopf, “The Strange History of Buff Leather,” Military Collector and Historian , vol. 68, no. 1 (Spring 2016)

David Jarnagin, “Hemlock Tanned Leather,” The Liberty Rifles

David Jarnagin, “Vegetable Tanned Leather,” The Liberty Rifles

Thomas Mc(Neill) Rose and Craig Schneider, “Richmond Arsenal Saber Belts,” The Liberty Rifles

Firearms – General and Union

Earl J. Coates and Dean S. Thomas, An Introduction to Civil War Small Arms (Gettysburg, Pa: Thomas Publications, 1990)

William Edwards, Civil War Guns: The Complete Story of Federal and Confederate Small Arms (New York: Castle Books, 1978)

George Moller, American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume III: Flintlock Alterations and Muzzleloading Percussion Shoulder Arms, 1840-1865 (Albuquerque: UNM Press, 2012). Partially available online.

Klaus Hofmann & Marc Schwarm, European Arms in the Civil War (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2018)

Larry Yantz, James Whisker, and Daniel Hartzler, The U.S. Model 1861 Springfield Rifle-Musket (Bedford, Pa: Bedford Village Press, 2008)

John Willyard, U.S. Model 1855 Series of Small Arms (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2018)

Charles W. Pate, The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2017)

Anthony C. Daum and Charles W. Pate, U.S. Military Arms Inspector Marks (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2016)

Stuart Mowbray, Civil War Arms Purchases and Deliveries (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2000)

Stuart Mowbray, Civil War Arms Makers and Their Contracts (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 1998)

Robert M. Jordan and Don W. Geri, Colt 1851 and 1861 Navies & Conversions (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2016)

Firearms – Confederate

Claud Fuller and Richard Steuart, Firearms of the Confederacy (Lawrence, MA: Quarterman Publications, 1977)

Paul Davies, C.S. Armory Richmond (Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2000)

Steven Knoll, Captured and Collected: Confederate Reissued Firearms (Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2019)

Steven Knoll, The Confederate Enfield (Steven Knoll, 2013)

Thomas Boaz, Guns for Cotton: England Arms the Confederacy (Shippensburg, Pa: Burd Street Press, 1996)

Wiley Sword, Firepower from Abroad: The Confederate Enfield and the LeMat Revolver (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 1986)

Doug Adams, The Confederate LeMat Revolver (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2006)

Giles Cromwell, “The Alteration of Virginia Manufactory Weapons 1813-1863,” American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, no. 52.

Gordon L. Jones, “The Manufacture of Confederate Ordnance in Georgia,” American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, no. 15.

John M. Murphy, “The Story of Confederate Carbines,” American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, no. 32.

John W. McAden, Louis Froelich, Arms-Maker to the Confederacy (Carolina Beach, NC: SlapDash Publishing, 2008)

William A. Albaugh and Richard D. Steuart, The Original Confederate Colt: The Story of the Leech & Ridden and Rigdon-Ansley Revolvers (New York: Greenberg, 1953)

William A. Albaugh, Tyler, Texas C.S.A. (Harrisonburg, PA: Stackpole Company, 1958)

Peter Schiffers, The Confederate Morse Carbine: Myth vs. Reality (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2017)

Ammunition

John Malloy, Percussion Ammunition Packets: Union, Confederate & European, 1845 – 1888 (Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2003)

Dean Thomas, Round Ball to Rimfire: A History of Civil War Small Arms Ammunition (Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1997)

Dean Thomas, Round Ball to Rimfire: Part Two, Federal Breechloading Carbines and Rifles (Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2002)

Dean Thomas, Round Ball to Rimfire: Part Three, Federal Pistols, Revolvers, and Miscellaneous Essays (Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2002)

Dean Thomas, Round Ball to Rimfire: Part Four, A Contribution to the History of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau (Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2010)

James Thomas and Dean Thomas, A Handbook of Civil War Bullets & Cartridges (Gettysburg, Pa: Thomas Publications, 2013)

Dean Thomas, Confederate Arsenals, Laboratories, and Ordnance Depots, Vol. I-III (Gettysburg, Pa: Thomas Publications, 2014)

Austin Williams, “A Living Historian’s Primer on Confederate Cartridges,” The Stonewall Brigade

Austin Williams, “A Living Historian’s Primer on Confederate Arsenal Packs,” The Stonewall Brigade

Brett Gibbons, The English Cartridge: Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket Ammunition (Published by Author, 2020)

Edged Weapons

John H. Thillmann, Civil War Army Swords: A Study of U.S. Army Swords from 1832–1865 (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2008)

William A. Albaugh and Richard D. Steuart, Handbook of Confederate Swords (Harriman, TN: Pioneer Press, 1951)

William A. Albaugh, Confederate Edged Weapons (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960)

William A. Albaugh, A Photographic Supplement of Confederate Swords (Orange, Va: Moss Publications, 1979)

Jack Melton, Josh Phillips and John Sexton, Confederate Bowie Knives (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2012)

Robert M. Reilly, American Socket Bayonets and Scabbards (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2014)

Richard Lee Berglund, “Harper’s Ferry Sword Bayonets Model 1841 and Model 1855,” American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, no. 90.

Joseph Serbaroli, Virginia Manufactory of Arms Bayonets (Published by Author, 2017)

David Noe & Joseph Serbaroli, European Bayonets of the American Civil War (Woonsocket, RI: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, 2013)

Camp Equipage – Canteens

Stephen Sylvia and Micheal O’Donnel, Civil War Canteens (Orlando: Moss Publications, 1990)

Mike O’Donnell, U.S. Army & Militia Canteens 1775-1910 (Mike O’Donnell Publications, 2008)

Robert Jones, The Civil War Canteen (Morrisville, NC: Lulu Press, 2018)

Earl Coates, “The Civil War Issue Canteens: Patterns of 1858 and 1862,” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Fall 1994)

Frederick Gaede, “Civil War Cincinnati Depot Canteen Variations” Military Collector and Historian, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Fall 1997)

C. L. Webster, “The Rebel Cedar Canteen: 1861-1865 – Part I,” The Liberty Rifles

Camp Equipage – Knapsacks and Haversacks

Austin Williams, “A Survey of Confederate Knapsack Production,” Military Historian and Collector, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Summer 2026)

Paul A. Boccadoro, “Stud Covers and Scalloped Shoulder Strap Ends on Early Federal Knapsacks,” The Liberty Rifles

Fredrick Adolphus, “Two Rebel Haversacks in the Florida Confederate Museum Collection,” Adolphus Confederate Uniforms

Camp Equipage – Tents and Other Gear

Craig Schneider, “Fly Tents and Shelter Halves: Confederate Tent Production in Richmond,” The Liberty Rifles

Frederick Gaede, The Federal Civil War Shelter Tent (Alexandria: O’Donnell Publications, 2001)

Lawrence E. Babits, “Rubber Poncho and Blankets from the Union Transport Maple Leaf,” The Liberty Rifles

Austin J. Williams, “Blankets of the Army of Northern Virginia,” The Stonewall Brigade

Paul A. Boccadoro, “Examination of Original Tools Excavated from Federal Camps,” The Liberty Rifles

Craig Schneider, “Biscuit Bakers and Camp Kettles: Notes on Confederate Commissary Equipment,” The Liberty Rifles

Craig Schneider, “Barrels, Boxes, and Bags: Notes on US and CS Army Ration Packaging,” The Liberty Rifles

Andrew Bentley, “Hollow Ware Production of the Richmond Stove Works During the Civil War,” The Liberty Rifles

The LR Research Committee, “Notes on Commissary Cooking and Equipment: 1861-1865,” The Liberty Rifles

Other

Mike Woshner, India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha in the Civil War Era (Alexandria: O’Donnell Publications, 1999)

Other – Confederate

C. L. Webster, Entrepot: Government Imports into the Confederate States (Edinborough Press, 2009)

Craig Barry, The Unfinished Fight: Essays on Confederate Material Culture (Murfreesboro, TN: Citizens and Soldiers Publishing Co., 2012)

Craig Barry, The Unfinished Fight Vol II: More Essays on Confederate Material Culture (Murfreesboro, TN: Citizens and Soldiers Publishing Co., 2013)

David Burt and Craig Barry, Suppliers to the Confederacy: British Imported Arms and Accoutrements (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2013)

David Burt and Craig Barry, Suppliers to the Confederacy II: S Isaac Campbell & Co., London, Peter Tait & Co., Limerick (Columbia, MD: Stainless Banner Publications, 2014)

David Burt and Craig Barry, Suppliers to the Confederacy – Volume III: British Imported Quartermaster Goods, Artillery and Other Ordnance (Trenton, GA: Booklocker Inc, 2017)

Harold Wilson, Confederate Industry: Manufacturers and Quartermasters in the Civil War (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005)

Frank Vandiver, Ploughshares into Swords: Josiah Gorgas and Confederate Ordnance (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1994)

Coastal Empire History Hunters Association, Relics of the Coastal Empire, The Civil War Years: A Study of the Artifacts of Coastal Georgia and the South Carolina Lowcountry (Acworth, GA: Greybird Publishers, 2013)