The Jeff Davis (Independent) Battalion

Est. November 16, 2002

Links of Interest to Improve Your Impersonation

Improving Impressions

• Confederate
  

• Building Your Impression - Jason Goodnite / 26th NCT
  

• Less is More - Mark Tackitt
  

• The Generic Confederate - John Hopper / 18th MO Infantry SoSkAn ACWS Archive
  

• Progressing on a Budget - Jim Butler / Salt River Rifles
  

• Capitol Guards Research and Resources
  

• The Confederate Infantryman - Articles about uniforms, equipment, another great stuff to help your impression
  

• Western Independent Grays  (Great Site for improving your Western Theater Confederate Impression)
  

• Federal
  

• 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry - (Great Federal Impression to look at)
  

• The Rowdy Pards - Good for improving your Confederate and Federal Impressions
  

• Columbia Rifles
  

• Potomac Legion
  

• First Federal Division
  

First Person Development

• Attitude is Everything - Rich Kocur / Columbia Rifles
  

• Developing a First Person Impression - Chris Roberts / 26th NC
  

How to Articles

• How to pack a Knapsack and Blanket Roll - Jason Goodnite / 26th NCT
  

• Cooking on Campaign - Jason Goodnite / 26th NCT
  

• Cooking on Campaign - Stonewall Brigade
  

• Feeding Billy Yank: union Rations Between 1861-1865 - J. Britt McCarleyy
  

• Hints on Campaign Camping by Those Who Really Did It - Steve Acker
  

• Notes on Light Marching Order - Mark Popish / The Rowdy Pards
  

• Sleeping Campaign by Yourself - Charles Heath / The Rowdy Pards
  

• How to Make the "Blanket Coat"
  

• Period Labels for Bottles, Cans, and Cartridges
  

Uniform and Equipment Research

• Analysis of Confederate Prisoner Uniform Shades - R.K. Denton Jr.
  

• Jean Cloth - Eric Mink / Stonewall Brigade
  

• English Supplied Uniforms - Eric Mink / Stonewall Brigade
  

• Canteens of the Army of Northern Virginia - Bret Sumner / Stonewall Brigade
  

• Did you Know They Wore Braces in the 1860's - Aaron Young
  

• Richmond Depot Style Issue Jackets - John Egglestone / 18th VA Infantry
  

• An Introduction to the Richmond Depot Clothing Manufactory - John Egglestone /18th Va Inf.
  

• Confederates in Blue: "English Army Cloth" in the ANV - David Burt / 18th VA Infantry
  

• Richmond Depot Mid-War Kepis: An Overview - David Burt / 18th VA Infantry
  

• Issue and Non-issue Slouch Hats in the ANV - David Burt / 18th VA Infantry
  

• A Study on the Wearing of Haversacks and Canteens - Christopher Graham
  

• A Survey of Confederate Central Government Quartermaster Issue Jackets - by Leslie D. Jensen / Company of Military Historians
  

• Confederate "Columbus Depot" Jackets: The Material Evidence - Geoffrey Walden
  

• Notes on the M-1858 Canteen - Jon Eggleston / Lazy Jacks Mess
  

Actual Artifacts

• Confederate Trousers
  

• Federal Shell Jacket (untrimmed)
  

• Federal Shell Jacket (Trimmed)
  

• Federal Frock Coat
  

• Federal Mounted Trousers
  

• Confederate and Federal Kepis and Canteen
  

• Columbus Depot Jackets
  

• Richmond Depot Type II
  

• Contract and Western Depot Jackets
  

Ordnance

• Making Cartridges: Part I and Part II - Patrick Reardon / Lazy Jacks Mess
  

• The Enfield in the Civil War - Geoff Walden
  

Drill

• Roll Call - Stonewall Brigade
  

• Right Shoulder Shift: A Re-examination - John Stillwagon / Southern Guard
  

• Support for Support Arms - Marc Hermann
  

• The Drill Network
  

Good Research Sites

• The Authentic Campaigner - Website for the Authentic Civil War Living Historian
  

• The Civil War Reenactors Home Page
  

Sutlers

• List of mainstrean sulters
  

• For a more progressive list, please contact Larry McCluney