Soldier Gear
The Civil War In4 Minutes
Haversacks, canteens, ammunition, knapsacks, caps, coats, shirts, wool pants, shoes and of course, a musket. Civil War soldiers on both the Union and Confederate side had to be ready to march at a moment's notice, and therefore carried "their house" on their backs on battlefields, cities and towns across America.
Douglas Ullman Jr. is a historian and battlefield preservationist.
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