UNIFORMS OF THE UNION VOLUNTEERS OF 1861: The Mid-Atlantic States

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Examines what the citizen soldiery of the mid-Atlantic states wore when they marched off to save the Union in 1861. An exhaustive search of thousands of newspapers has provided a myriad of reports and personal accounts from soldiers' letters, combined with details from numerous diaries and regimental histories, this has helped reconstruct the appearance of the Union volunteers of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Enhanced by photographs of original items of uniforms from private collections, plus imagery of the day, which show the great variety of clothing and headgear worn. Contains 175 color and black and white images.