The Confederacy's ability to create a cohesive system for uniform production shows its economic progress during the Civil War, and challenges what some historians have previously said about the Confederacy being hostile towards manufacturing and industry.;My thesis project shows both historians and the...
One of the most remarkable Confederate uniforms is that worn by John Thomas Appler, Company H, 1st Missouri Infantry, in Mississippi, May 1863. The uniform is significant because it represents not only a relatively early-war example, but also, it is the only surviving white woolen uniform of...