Informative Articles

Gathered here, for your edification and enlightenment, are a collection of articles written by veteran Civil War Reenactors.  Each contains a wealth of information to help you get started in the hobby, or improve your role.

All articles listed below are reprinted here with the authors permission.  Articles may be printed for your own use or for educational purposes, but not for commercial purposes.  Contact information to each author is provided, please contact them for detailed use information.

• Authenticity in Reenacting by Rick Barram

• Patchwork Shirts for Men? by Miss Vera

• US Currency in the Civil War by Miss Fanny

• Sanitary Commission Quilt Stories by Sharon Roberts

• The US Sanitary Commission  by Sharon Roberts

• Women in Military Camps by Miss Vera

• Women as Soldiers-What it Takes to Be a Man by Fanny & Vera
• No Idle Hands - Abolition Potholder Project by Fanny & Vera