Your Civil War Uniform Does Not Have to Look 100+ Years Old

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Plus, think of your fellow reenactors and maybe your own popularity or lack thereof, if you smell really bad. The Civil War was pre-deodorant days. Some guys thinkrepparttar worse you smell,repparttar 109181 better your impression, but I would not go to that extreme. You can't diagnose smell in original photos.

My last comment on staying neat and clean asrepparttar 109182 soldiers ofrepparttar 109183 Civil War wanted to do is about hair. Most ofrepparttar 109184 men who fought inrepparttar 109185 Civil War ranrepparttar 109186 gamut - crew cuts to long hair. I think they cut their hair for hygiene hair to keeprepparttar 109187 lice down. I would think inrepparttar 109188 summer they would cut their hair more and inrepparttar 109189 winter they would have longer hair to keep warm.

The same would go with beards. A lot of this had to do with would depend if you had access to water, razors, etc. I would think in camp they would be much better groomed than on campaign.

In general, they were not sporting long ponytails or long hair very often. Long hair was less common than medium or short hair. Look at original photographs. As I have said many times, if you look at original photographs, you will see thatrepparttar 109190 hairstyles ofrepparttar 109191 day were neat and clean and short forrepparttar 109192 most part.

Coach McCoach has been a Civil War reenactor inrepparttar 109193 4th North Carolina Infantry, 2nd Virginia Regiment, and 21st Virginia Company B. Coach has receivedrepparttar 109194 "Authenticity Award" from these companies several times for his Civil War Uniform Impression. Coach's Civil War uniform designs have been seen inrepparttar 109195 movies GETTYSBURG, Antietam Visitors Center, ANDERSONVILLE.

For more information, contact coach@civilwaruniforms.net or go to http://www.civilwaruniforms.net

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Coach McCoach has been a Civil War reenactor in the 4th North Carolina Infantry, 2nd Virginia Regiment, and 21st Virginia Company B. Coach has received the "Authenticity Award" from these companies several times for his Civil War Uniform Impression. Coach's Civil War uniform designs have been seen in the movies GETTYSBURG, Antietam Visitors Center, ANDERSONVILLE.


101 Tips for Your Civil War Uniform Shirt

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41. Next, get yourself some good buttons. Stay away from plastic and modern buttons. Go with glass, bone, shell, metal, porcelain, 2-hole cat's eye or Mother of Pearl. Metal buttons are authentic but they haverepparttar potential to rust and stain your fabric.

45. Some shirts had button on collars, and many shirts were collarless. ECHOES: The Confederate Version shows seven shirts on pgs. 154-155, and each one has a different collar. Pvt. John Burgwyn MacRae Starr's North Carolina is a dark blue wool collarless pullover shirt whilerepparttar 109180 one below, Pvt. Andrew Thomas Beam, 28th South Carolina Volunteers' shirt is a white cotton with a square edged collar made ofrepparttar 109181 same color and material.

50. My rule of thumb is that I only make Civil War uniform items that I have seen in an original photograph or museum. Note: what is in museum is onlyrepparttar 109182 very smallest tip ofrepparttar 109183 iceberg because there are very few actual items that made it throughrepparttar 109184 war. The vast majority ofrepparttar 109185 original clothing is long since gone. Some ofrepparttar 109186 fabrics and colors can be seen in very old quilts because they reused everything.

53. Noterepparttar 109187 different collars, buttons, and fabrics, color combinations. I personally do not like solid color shirts. I like something with a little color to it. These shirts have original glass buttons on them. I prefer glass buttons for shirts because I like to matchrepparttar 109188 color combinations.

55. Keep everything 100% wool and 100% cotton. Make sure thatrepparttar 109189 material is a good grade, like homespun. If you are going to takerepparttar 109190 time and energy, to make your own shirt, buy something high quality that will last. The price ofrepparttar 109191 shirt material is negligible compared torepparttar 109192 time and energy you will put into making it.

70. Original coin buttons are still available and affordable if you want to look for them. You can find them anywhere from one to three dollars. You might even want to go with a mismatched set - one or two state seals andrepparttar 109193 remainder coin buttons.

Do you have more questions, have them answered http://www.civilwaruniforms.net/authenticshirts.htm

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Coach McCoach has been creating patterns and making Civil War uniform items for 25 years. His Civil War uniform designs have been seen in the movies GETTYSBURG, ANDERSONVILLE and the Antietam Visitors Center. For more information, contact coach@civilwaruniforms.net or visit http://www.civilwaruniforms.net


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