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Bayonet for Pedersolis 1861 Springfield? - American Civil War Forums I definitely plan to invest in a quality made Italian bayonet, likely made from spring steel as opposed to carbon steel like most India reproductions The question is does anyone know of any 1861 bayonets that would fit Pedersoli's 1861 springfield "out of the box?" If not, could anyone give me
Currency - Coins in the Confederacy | Currency, Stamps, other . . . The Confederates made very little coins during the Civil War, but it's a bit more complicated than that The U S had 5 mints around the country that they were using, so when the Confederacy came to be, they took over 3 of them, most notably in New Orleans The Confederates started making coins
Collection - 1856 Enfield Carbine made by Barnett | Small Arms . . . The best quality arms made by any private company are from the London Armoury Company You'll find various opinions facts alternative facts about how many arms imported to the US for the Civil War were from the London Armoury I believe only a modest percentage of the hundreds of thousands of "enfield" arms imported were from the London
Civil War rifles - modern barrel material to shiny? Hello, I have a question about the authentic rifle barrels, which were made during the civil war Is there any report about the material condition, which was used for the Springfield 61 for example? I have a guy who argues, that the modern replicas are all wrong, cause the barrel is to shiny
Real Confederate Bowie Knives - American Civil War Forums I made a measured drawing of two of the knives at the Coastal Museum for a knife smith in our local blacksmith forge One of them was a utility knife very similar to the Green River multi use knife above The "Bowie Knife" was exactly the same blade with a clip point Makes sense, a manufacturer would have no reason not to simplify the production
Mulligan Stew | Foods Recipes | American Civil War Forums Mulligan stew was dish prepared by hobos (homeless men ) in the early 1900s It was also know as community stew It was made at "hobo jungles camps" Mulligan is also a term for any Irishman, thus the stew is also known as Irish stew It consists of meat, potatoes and vegetables and any other
Where did all the wood come for musket stocks come from? Any good hard wood could be used, which included sugar maple, red maple, cherry, apple, pear and sometimes ash and butternut (for southern rifles) French muskets followed the walnut trail as did most others, but Austrian rifles (Lorenz) could sometimes be made of elm and some German and Belgian rifles had beech stocks
Best Places to Purchase Appropriate Fabrics? Confederate uniforms were generally made from jeans, cassimere, or kersey, in that order (though from mid-1863 onwards huge quantities of cadet-grey kersey were imported from Britain and used- it seems- primarily for jackets) other wool cotton fabrics were also used to some extent
Texas made dragoon pistol - American Civil War Forums Here is a pistol many have never seen or heard of That's why I'm sharing the information They are the Tucker and Sherrard 44cal dragoon pistols made at the Lancaster pistol factory, Texas 1862-1865 They are the same size and proportions as the Colt 2nd model Dragoon pistol They were all