Actually, there's some anecdotal evidence that original CW confederate uniforms were given out to POWs, but during WWI, not WWII. Nobody has been able to prove it conclusively, though, to the best of my knowledge.
LuAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Am Civil War In a message dated 2/17/2006 12:45:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: And don't fall into the trap of " they were so poor...Undersupplied... whatever". I've heard a story that the state of Georgia ended the was with so much surplus uniforms, they were still giving it out to German Prisoners of war in the 1940s as well as clothing the prisoners in the state pen. True? But I hope I'm not repeating urban ledgends ******************** I find this hard to believe since by the early 1900s, Civil War stuff was already treasured....especially in the South. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
