Description

A concise illustrated study of the uniforms and organization of the specialist troops on both sides of the US Civil War.

At the time of the American Civil War, with two million men under arms, a US Army that in pre-war days had depended upon a minute number of technical troops now required virtually an army of specialists alone.

Special sharpshooters were recruited for skirmishing duty; men whose wounds would have led to their discharge in the past now found themselves guarding important posts in the Veteran Reserve Corps; and large numbers of civilians found themselves in uniform as members of the Telegraph or Hospital Corps.

Philip Katcher examines the organization and uniforms of the specialist troops who served in the armies of both sides. The text is supported by 50 black-and-white images along with 8 superb colour artwork plates depicting the uniforms and equipment of specialist troop types.

Table of Contents

The US Army · The US Navy · The US Marine Corps · The Confederate Army · The Confederate Navy · The Confederate States Marine Corps · The Plates

Product details

Published Feb 20 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781472801807
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 50 black and white images and 8 colour artwork plates
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 179
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Philip Katcher

Philip Katcher was born in Los Angeles, California…

Illustrator

Ronald Volstad

RONALD B.VOLSTAD was born in 1949 in Alberta, Cana…

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