| The Confederate Army 1861-65 (5): Tennessee & North Carolina Contributor(s): Field, Ron (Author), Hook, Richard (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1846031877 ISBN-13: 9781846031878 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: The common image of the Confederate Army during the Civil War is dominated by a limited number of early photographs of troops wearing the grey and butternut of the CS regulations and quartermaster issues. By contrast, this book examines the variety of uniforms worn by the Tennessee and North Carolina militia and volunteers brought together in the Confederate field armies, and the continuing efforts to clothe them as wear-and-tear gradually reduced this wide range of uniforms. A mass of information from contemporary documents is illustrated with rare early photographs and meticulous color reconstructions in the latest instalment of Ron Field's in-depth analysis of the uniforms of the Confederate Army. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 335.140 |
| LCCN: 2008271464 |
| Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 6.54" W x 9" (0.36 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - 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 troops wearing the grey and butternut of the CS regulations and quartermaster issues. By contrast, this book examines the variety of uniforms worn by the Tennessee and North Carolina militia and volunteers brought together in the Confederate field armies, and the continuing efforts to clothe them as wear-and-tear gradually reduced this wide range of uniforms. A mass of information from contemporary documents is illustrated with rare early photographs and meticulous color reconstructions in the latest instalment of Ron Field's in-depth analysis of the uniforms of the Confederate Army. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hook, Richard: - Richard Hook is an internationally acclaimed artist, renowned for his paintings of Native American culture. |