Our Book List
Below I have selected a grouping of books from my collection that I think are some of the best references for information regarding the material culture of the 18th Century and the Civil War period . This is not intended to be a be-all list, there are many more excellent references out there but these I consider some of my favorite. I will be adding more from time to time.
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18th Century:
Clothing:
Clothing and Costume, 1750 to 1800 - Tandy and Charles Hersh
Rural Pennsylvania Clothing - Ellen J. Gehret
Tidings from the 18th Century - Beth Gilgun
Soldiers in America, 1754-1865 - Don Troiani
Fitting & Proper - Sharon Ann Burnston
Buckles, Buttons, and Equipment:
History Written with Pick and Shovel - William L. Calver and
Reginald P. Bolton
Archaeological Investigation of Fort Ligonier - Jacob L. Grimm
A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America - Ivor Noel Hume
Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution - George C.
Newmann and Frank J. Kravic
Military Buttons of the American Revolution, Don Troiani
Casemates and Cannonballs, Archeological Investigations at Fort Stanwix
National Monument - Lee Hanson and Dick Ping Hsu
American Socket Bayonets and Scabbards - Robert M. Reilly
The Brown Bess Bayonet - Graham Priest
Directory of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers, 1785-1915 - Bruce S.
Bazelon and William F. McGuinn
Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865 - Warren K. Tice
Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons - Alphaeus H. Albert
General Material Culture:
Pewter of the Western World, 1600-1850 - Peter R. G. Hornsby
Early American Antique Country Furnishings - George C. Neumann
Tunica Treasure - Jeffery P. Brain
Civil War Period:
Uniforms:
Army Blue, The Uniform of Uncle Sam's Regular's, 1848-1873 - John P.
Langellier
Billy Yank, The Uniform of the Union Army, 1861-1865 - Michael J. McAfee &
John P. Langellier
Johnny Reb, The Uniform of the Confederate Army, 1861-1865 - Leslie D.
Jensen
Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865 - Warren K. Tice
Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons - Alphaeus H. Albert
Buckles:
Plates and Buckles of the American Military, 1795-1874 - Sydney C.
Kerksis
Accoutrement Plates, North and South, 1861-1865 - William G. Gavin
Confederate Belt Buckles & Plates - Steve E. Mullinax
Confederate General Service Accoutrement Plates - Lon W. Keim, M.D.
Equipment:
American Socket Bayonets and Scabbards - Robert M. Reilly
Civil War Cartridge Boxes of the Union Infantryman - Paul D. Johnson
Artifacts and Relics:
Civil War Artifacts - Howard R. Crouch
Civil War Relics of the Western Campaigns - Charles S. Harris
