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Informationen zum Autor Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983, and was then Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013. Klappentext The Southern states which formed the Confederacy in 1861 fielded many units of volunteer troops wearing a remarkably wide variety of uniforms, often reflecting foreign influences. In a spirit of independence many states also issued their own uniform regulations on the outbreak of the American Civil War; and these non-standard uniforms were often retained until well into the course of the war. The regulation patterns centrally prescribed by the Confederate Army were only ever followed unevenly, and state quartermasters continued to issue uniforms showing regional and state differences. This last in a series of six titles studies the archival and pictorial evidence for the infantry, cavalry and artillery of the final states to secede from the Union - Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland - and is illustrated with fascinating early photographic portraits.This book traces the history of the units from Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland and their varied uniforms which are beautifully recreated in color plates. Zusammenfassung The Southern states which formed the Confederacy in 1861 fielded many units of volunteer troops wearing a remarkably wide variety of uniforms! often reflecting foreign influences. In a spirit of independence many states also issued their own uniform regulations on the outbreak of the American Civil War; and these non-standard uniforms were often retained until well into the course of the war. The regulation patterns centrally prescribed by the Confederate Army were only ever followed unevenly! and state quartermasters continued to issue uniforms showing regional and state differences. This last in a series of six titles studies the archival and pictorial evidence for the infantry! cavalry and artillery of the final states to secede from the Union - Missouri! Kentucky and Maryland - and is illustrated with fascinating early photographic portraits. Inhaltsverzeichnis ?MISSOURI: Volunteer militia; Missouri State Guard; Volunteers and guerrillas; Military suppliers; Insignia; Arms and equipage · KENTUCKY: Antebellum militia; Kentucky State Guard; Volunteer forces 1861-63; Military suppliers; Arms and equipage · MARYLAND: Antebellum militia; Maryland volunteers; Maryland Zouaves; Military suppliers; Arms and equipage · PLATE COMMENTARIES · INDEX...
