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Confederates in the Attic (1998) is a work of non-fiction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Horwitz. Horwitz explores his deep interest in the American Civil War and investigates the ties in the United States among citizens to a war that ended more than 130 years previously. He reports on attitudes on the Civil War and how it is discussed ...
His books include One for the Road: a Hitchhiker's Outback (1987), Baghdad Without a Map (1991), Confederates in the Attic (1998), Blue Latitudes (AKA Into the Blue) (2002), A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World (2008), [2] Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (2011), [3] and Spying on the South ...
Warner includes him on list of generals despite lack of confirmation; Eicher does not. Jones, Samuel: Brigadier general rank, nom: July 21, 1861 conf: August 28, 1861 Major general rank: March 10, 1862 nom: March 11, 1862 conf: March 13, 1862 (March 18, 1862) USMA, 1841; West Point instructor during Mexican–American War and for five more years.
Even the name used for the conflict has been controversial, with many names used for it. During and immediately after the war, Northern historians often used a term like "War of the Rebellion". Writers in rebel states often referred to the "War for Southern Independence". Some Southerners have described it as the "War of Northern Aggression". [297]
However, cloth shortages and wartime wear ensured that, by 1863, waist-length cadet gray or butternut shell jackets were generally worn by Confederates in the Eastern and Western Theaters. Examples of frock coats being worn by enlisted men can be seen in photographs taken after the battles of Gettysburg , (1863), and Spotsylvania , (1864).
Robert E. Lee, the best known CSA general.Lee is shown with the insignia of a Confederate colonel, which he chose to wear throughout the war. Much of the design of the Confederate States Army was based on the structure and customs of the United States Army [1] when the Confederate States Congress established the Confederate States War Department on February 21, 1861. [2]
As the names imply, these events are held for the personal edification of the reenactors involved, allowing them to spend an extended time marching, eating, and generally living like actual soldiers of the American Civil War. [25] Total immersion events generally require participants to meet a high standard of authenticity. In most cases ...
This article covers military uniforms during the American Civil War (1861–1865).. During the years 1860–1865 there were three distinct types of uniform in use by the United States Armed Forces.