Thanks so much...We're trying to find out what war he was in....Sure looks like the Civil War...We can't read all the writing that was on the front of the photo... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 8:12 PM Subject: RE: [CIVIL-WAR] Pictures of Civil War uniforms > There is no "Standard" CSA uniform...Each unit was allowed to make up > their own...and since the South was not really equipped to provide > Uniforms, the Southern Militias wore whatever they had... > > The North wore standard US Army issue... > > There are multiple "Coffee Table" books which show various units...Try > your Public Library...or local book stores - Barnes & Noble; Borders; > Amazon; Half-Price; Waldens; etc... > >>From: "Caren Gimper" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Pictures of Civil War uniforms >>Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 19:58:20 -0700 >> >>Can someone tell me where I can find a good site that shows what civil war >>uniforms looked like??...I searched all over the internet and couldn't >>find one...I have a couple photos of a relative that is shown in military >>uniforms, and we're thinking it might be from the civil war... >> >>Thanks SO much for any help... >> >>Caren Gimper >>Knotz Made >>[email protected] >>www.knotzmade.com >> >> >>==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >>To search our list archives since 1996, go to >>http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>and enter Civil-War in the list name >> > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >