Re: [h-cost] Re: civil war uniforms

2006-02-17 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 2/17/2006 12:45:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My source seems to be very out of date, then. I'd read that many uniforms were made at home to army specs, which accounted for a certain amount of variance in cut and appearance among the troops.

[h-cost] Re: civil war uniforms

2006-02-16 Thread Debloughcostumes
In a message dated 2/16/06 11:56:53 PM GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem with CW uniforms, in the south especially, is that a lot of men went to war with whatever clothing their wife sent them with. Sorry, but that's untrue, although it's an incredibly commonly