Uniforms of the American Civil War - Softcover

Uniforms of the American Civil War 1861-65

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. Michael Chappell (illustrator). Paperback Reprint. 192 pages. Sources and References. Illustrations (some in color). Bookplate of previous owner inside the front cover. Full-color illustrations and corresponding entries provide visual and descriptive surveys of the variety of uniforms worn by Union and Confederate units. Philip J. Haythornthwaite FRHistS (born 1951) was an author and historical consultant specializing in military history, uniforms, and equipment. While his main area of research is the Napoleonic Wars, his list of publications covers a wider period from the English Civil War through to 1939. Since 1973, Haythornthwaite has had over 80 books published, in addition to numerous articles and papers on military history. Much of this output through the publishers Orion Books and Osprey Publishing. His works The Armies of Wellington and Redcoats, The British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars as well as Picton's Division at Waterloo are works of research. Other work includes Haythornthwaite preparation of new editions of several well-known Peninsular War memoirs: Life in Napoleon's Army: the Memoirs of Captain Elzear Blaze In the Peninsula with a French Hussar: Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain. Haythornthwaite was awarded a Certificate in Recognition of Lifetime Achievement jointly by the BCMH and the Peninsular War 200 organization. Michael John William Chappell BEM (14 September 1934 10 August 2020), better known as Mike Chappell, was an English military historian and illustrator of military books. Chappell came from an Aldershot family with links to the British Army going back several generations. His maternal grandfather, Pte George Green was among a group of soldiers of the Royal Welch Fusiliers killed in France on 14 September 1915 while laying a signal line to an outpost; he is buried in the Guards Cemetery at Windy Corner near Cuinchy. Mike Chappell's late parents were Samuel Chappell (a Warrant Officer in the Royal Army Service Corps) and Kathleen (née Green). After leaving school, Chappell briefly served an industrial blacksmith apprenticeship with 13 Command Workshop REME. However, finding this not to his liking, in 1952, at age 17, he enlisted as a private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment, a British Army line-infantry regiment, and in 1955, transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment, another British Army infantry regiment. During his 22-year military career he saw service in Cyprus, Germany, Libya, Malaya, Swaziland, Ulster and various British garrisons. He retired in 1974 as a Regimental Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion (Rifle Volunteers) of the Wessex Regiment, a British Army Territorial Army infantry regiment. He first began painting military subjects for his own interest in 1968, turning professional when he left the army. His many years of military service actually wearing the kit and using the weapons gave him a unique insight in his illustrations. Consequently, Chappell gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator, having written and illustrated over 100 books, many for Osprey Publishing. A number of his original artworks are held in the Glenn Christodoulou Collection. He was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List on 15 June 2013. During the years 18601865 there were three distinct types of uniform in use by the United States Armed Forces. Styles used were traditional similar to those used in the Napoleonic Wars, a regimental dress such as used during the American Revolutionary War and a specialist dress similar to those worn by Lancers and Hussars or an ethnic dress such as kilts. With shortages in 1861 the federal government issued a regulation pattern uniform for all state regiments. At the onset of the war the Confederate States Army uniforms were highly varied as the majority were made at home. Between 1861 and 1862 the quartermaster department issued some uniforms but there were severe shortages. Artikel-Nr. 88250

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