Previously published: Old Saybrook, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, c1993 Includes bibliographical references (page 93) and index
Contents:
Soldiers in the ranks The Hunting shirt Uniforms Buttons: Manufacture of bone buttons Casting of pewter buttons Continental button designs Footwear: Shoe, shoe buckle details, ice creepers, and cavalry boot Firearms, ammunition, and military drill Tomahawks Knives Cavalry Artillery Fife and drums Marks of rank Swords Pole arms: Trench pike, halberd, and spontoons Salutes Pistols Packs Canteens Firestarting and lighting implements Cooking and eating utensils Liquor containers Log shelters Tents Camp slaughter house by-products: Soap-making operation Cannister sack and drumhead made from hides Oxen powder horn Fortifications: Bill hook for cutting brush Fascines and gabions Completed breastwork Wagons Medicine, surgery, and hygiene Personal grooming: Shaving razor Hairdos: short and tied, long and plaited, short with side locks Scissors, clay hair curler, and soldier's comb Religion in camp Sparetime activities and their gear: Reading spectacles with case Wax for sealing letter Pipes and pipe tobacco Scissors, needle, and thimble Whittling Carving camp wooden ware: rifleman's noggin and drinking mug Multipurpose screwdriver Children's playthings made from lead and bullets Child's rag doll Holiday celebrations: The Fourth of July New Year's Day, St. Patrick's Day, May Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and battle celebration Awards of honor: Service stripes, the Purple Heart, and the medal of the Society of the Cincinnati Where to find examples of relics illustrated in this book
