Confederate uniforms

[@jerryumfress9030]

My gg granddad was Joseph Howard Powell. He was in Company H, 5th Alabama Cavalry. Fought at the Battle of Chickamauga, and other smaller scermishes. I imagine that he wore pretty much whatever he could get a hold of. He mustered out in May 1865, and took his family (what was left of it) to Itawamba County Mississippi, where my great granddad was born, and later my granddad. Everything I learned was from my granddad

[@agoo7581]

Your GG Grandad was a traitor and a loser.

[@pamelaevans6485]

Very authentic look. Impressive. Thx for keeping the history alive.

[@BobSmith-zp2kk]

I think of the days when I was into Civil War re-enacting (Confederate) back in the late 1970s.......We did not have access to anywhere near the types & quality of uniforms and gear re-enactors have today. Back then, we used military school jackets, pants from the local thrift store, theatre prop rejects, and (post-Civil War) items picked-up at local antique shops. We were rag-tag for sure! My hat is off to you fellows (Particularly the soldier with the long hair and beard -- an excellent touch). Best of luck!

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

J. C. Penny work pants converted to don suspender buttons...and a sutlers red or blue checkered shirt to boot....and carrying Navy Arms Zuave rifle.

[@tylertapp131]

Man this is cool, I swear the fella talkin looks like he just went through a time machine. Holy cow! The way he walks, talks and obviously his wears really bring it all together. Outstanding.

[@nimitz1739]

These guys look good. Authentic look.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Yeah, they look like the real deal Confederate troops👌 Very authentic looking

[@MusketMan1997]

More than likely it’s because they’re campaigners, rather than mainstreamers.

[@nimitz1739]

@@MusketMan1997 They are definitely campaigners. You can spot a mainstream a mile away.

[@MusketMan1997]

@@nimitz1739 Exactly. Streamers are aggravating as shit. Especially the boomer ones who refuse to fix their kits.

[@Powerule23]

Imagine the authentic smell...

[@sloanchampion85]

Very nice....really enjoy the uniforms and history of them

[@lanced3256]

Outstanding post gentlemen, those brave butternut lads reallly look the part. I feel like the Confederate experience really captures and presents to the observer the personal experiences of the soldiers. The Federals were issued standard issue "uniforms" the South, with their limited supply lines often times might only have had access to homemade uniforms and scavenged equipment. You see the wear, the holes, and the dirt. For me it makes them real. (The wiskers look good too!!) Great job Thanks for bringing this to us!!

[@eugeniaskelley5194]

And how thin these guys are.

[@DouglasLyons-yg3lv]

There were certainly variations in Federal uniforms: zouaves and the Iron Brigade with their distinctive black hats being two examples. On the Gettysburg campaign (and I am sure others), there are accounts of Federals being mistaken for rebels because their uniforms were covered in dirt, grime and dust. During the Appomattox campaign the Federals were so desperate to catch up to the Johnnies that their rations were meager. Common soldiers of both armies suffered depravations. It wasn’t just the Confederates. That said, these fellows have bully impressions.

[@robertdean1929]

The man talking looks like he was there

[@hislairdship8961]

Brian is the man.

[@jonrettich4579]

Thank you so much for this effort. I believe visual and tactile accuracy is a critical assist to understanding history and you have achieved this very rare

[@TheKevinNewsom]

Thank you for keeping the WBTS history alive!

[@peggan471]

A lot of information, everyone looks great ,Thank you

[@Joshua-in2hv]

The only thing better than the impressions shown and info given in this video are the gentlemen in the video. There is no place in America like Ft. Blakeley.

[@josephgonzales4802]

Nice looking set of Johnnie's! 😊

[@THINKincessantly]

To stand in front of a row of cannons waiting for them to fire had to be one of the most frightening things a man could experience...

[@1942Dreamer]

Looking good guys. Our 9th Texas fellows have enjoyed Blakeley.

[@Momusinterra]

Great look, guys. You need to pose for a photo by a split rail fence like the famous photo of the three Texans captured at Gettysburg. You remind me of them.

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Agree...But the un-creased sombero hat look is beginning to be too numerous with .CSA re-enactors.

[@mwblackbelt]

Very interesting. Wish it were a longer video

[@BBC42618]

I heard stories that after some battles it was common to take clothing items off the dead. Stuff like hats belts and shoes were the most popular.

[@slimwilson]

Shame there’s no 21st Alabama down here. I’d join that in a heartbeat

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Yeah..Uh.huh...automatic Cannon Fodder

[@richardglady3009]

What an amazingly informative video. Thank you.

[@Oscarhobbit]

Hi, I am based in Northern Ireland (UK). I was formally was in a NC reg. 22 NC. I have now Joined an Alabama reg. 8 Alabama company I (Irish Guard). Can you please signpost me to where I can find out more about Alabama regimental uniforms. Kind regards, Oscar

[@gulfcoastcivilwarchannel9086]

facebook.com/groups/708323852604599/?ref=share_group_link

[@tugrulgul5903]

Did u buy it and like it?

[@charlescollins9413]

Mines still on the floor from when i took it off after the anniversary event. It smells like wet cannon dust lol

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Thank you for sharing...

[@KrisWustrow]

Very nice presentation. As a reenactor myself, supplied from the Richmond Depot for the Army of Northern Virginia, we wear the imported dark charcoal gray Kersey wool Type II shell jackets. A very different look for sure. From a distance, I'm often mistaken for a Federal.

[@sadeaton]

Each day goes by historic markers and monuments are being removed, renamed, put in storage or melted down entirely. What is the point of being preservationist when at this rate there isn't going to be anything left to preserve?

[@agoo7581]

There is plenty to preserve, we just don't need to preserve a bunch of cheaply made statues built in the 1920s by the daughters of the confederacy in an attempt to accelerate the end of reconstruction and disenfrachise black. Educate yourself.

[@corneliussulla9963]

@@agoo7581 Yes, Kamerad. The Nazis also had great excuses when they burned books and tried to erase what they didnt like.

[@therealVOR]

Save Yo confederate money Boys…….as it is now is worth more than the current US dollar😂

[@mwblackbelt]

😃😂🤣

[@choreboy3906]

Not for long. Wear your kepis Boys! Patriots! The dollar loses! Got several Confederate notes!

[@maxasaurus3008]

The South will rise again!

[@DouglasLyons-yg3lv]

And fall again.

[@sgtbender1335]

Literally worth more 😂

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

For the 145th anniversary of Gettysburg in 2008, I got to meet a group of Confederate re-enactors. It still amazes me how they could wear those uniforms even in the middle of summer.

[@patrickweisback5835]

These guys look great - thin and not too old. Tired of seeing 250 pound Confederates

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

Lol

[@91Redmist]

Yankees, too.

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Nothin worse than a Fat Reb

[@Sean-v1m]

Scarecrow infantry

[@stevenhearnden6103]

Really interesting. Thanks from 🇬🇧

[@STho205]

Good presentation Brian.

[@3b1d5c]

Well done gentleman

[@Dannysoutherner]

Early camo - much harder to see than the bluecoats uniforms. Specially once they got some mud on them.

[@TransMissCampaigner1864]

No. Just no

[@MyYTchannel.thenationalrazor]

Authentic looking uniforms! I'm not on FB how do you go about looking into joining?

[@MyYTchannel.thenationalrazor]

@@JimbobZ17 I'm sorry but what does son's of confederate vets have anything to do with reenacting? Number one, I didn't say I was interested in the Freemasons, I don't need to pass prerequisites. Or is that just a slow no because I don't meet your racial standards? No worries, come to find out you're not my kind of people either.

[@TransMissCampaigner1864]

Gn is the place to find a group

[@lonnieclemens8028]

Thank you for sharing this video. I have always been curious about confederate uniforms.

[@Saucegardnerstraps]

The beard and long hair adds a nice touch to the uniform!

[@thomasbrennan6303]

“Butternut” was the color resulting from captured Union uniforms being boiled in lye and walnut husks.

[@smhmay1973]

Good job! Thank You.

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Interesting...and as a student in military history and artifact accuracy it always seemed that there was regression in general uniform appearance from the mid-18th century and Napoleanic era to the American CW. By the CW era it was almost rag-tag compared to baroque style and fashion.

[@Number6_]

That painted cloth now appearing on car seats and interiors as leather since 2020.

[@phil9805]

Superb !

[@ronwallace6273]

God bless dixie and its heroes

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

Traitors n Losers

[@warrick109]

although i have a fondness for the confederate side, gotta say the enlisted men certainly had a plain jane uniform compared to the Union forces. but realise they didn't have the same resources or industry as the north

[@agoo7581]

"A fondness for the confederate side". Ok, psychopath.

[@dennisatkins9837]

Wow! You guys look authentic. Straight out of a civil war tin type.

[@johnzajac9849]

That's what they mean by 'butternut'.

[@patrickbush9526]

Where are you guys at Blakely ?

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

I know I come with a British perspective, but when I see the Confederate soldiers against the oppressors, I think it’s in Eastwood and the film the outlaw Josey Wales it was several films within one, but it led a very interesting tale?🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇸

[@smokinhalf]

yes the natives (american indian) mostly fought for the confederates. The south was defending against northern aggression. Funny the film did not take note of the black mans plight.

[@stoggafllik]

​@@smokinhalfBlack man plight. Even though more slaves were owned in the North than the South

[@agoo7581]

"Confederate soldiers against the oppressors". Considering your country's history of imperialism, and genocide, I guess it makes sense you think the south were the good guys.

[@jamesduclos2545]

Excellent presentation, except that the correct, accurate name for the conflict is The War of Southern Independence.

[@classicgunstoday1972]

Correct. Or War of Northern Aggression.

[@STho205]

The OR name given by the US War Department was "The War of Southern Rebellion" which is accurate as the 11 states didn't achieve independence...but instead achieved a great deal of oppression, military occupation and special regulations that continue to this very day. Likely would have been the same for the Sons of Liberty and Gen Washington if they had lost. The 13 colonies on the East Coast would be a distrusted and marginalized region of British North America to this day.

[@thatreddude8796]

Looking grey-t guys!

[@carlrichards5207]

No sound.

[@The45thpvi]

My uniform cost over $250

[@sartainja]

You can never blame the CSA enlisted men for being too GQ, Dandy, Metro Sexual, etc.

[@The45thpvi]

I heard the confederate uniform is way cheaper then the union

[@STho205]

Not really. By the end of the war they were both quite similar. Both used blend cloth, both had uniform shortages and shoe problems. The USA had never fielded an army anywhere near 1million men, and half the Eastern US was in rebellion also uniforming 1million men. What Union soldiers had as advantage is issued accessory items. Packs, haversacks, cartridge kit, vulcanized gum cloth and other rain gear.

[@The45thpvi]

I mean re-enactments lol

[@STho205]

@@The45thpvi fair enough...still no. A good authentic Union uniform will cost the same and require obvious early, mid and late war differences. Deep South neoConfeds will often buy the cheapest generic sack coat kit and sky blues for their galvanizing impression....similarly Northern Indiana participants might buy a mix gray sack coat and kepi to galvanize Confed....when they spend a thousand or two on a good impression of the Iron Brigade in late war Army of the Potomac campaigns.

[@JOSEPHMATTHEWHOLLAND]

Get em boys 🦅🇺🇲🦅🍻

[@brandon7482]

Dude looks like a real Confederate!

[@danielangelsanchezgonzalez322]

Si fuera estadounidense estaría vestido de gris

[@mwblackbelt]

Me too

[@jonathanhodgson2142]

"trousers" ? I thought Americans used the term "pants" ? Trousers is a British name for them.

[@TransMissCampaigner1864]

No, it is a historic term used during the ACW and after.

[@christianlibrul]

Where's their white dish towel of surrender?

[@TransMissCampaigner1864]

This guy...

[@Chafflives]

When are they going to discuss the quality of the hoods, like they did in Django?

[@Westsideaviation23]

Long live you boys😊

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

All Democrat politicians should wear Confederate uniforms. Call them throw back uniforms.

[@thesoutherngentleman1948]

😀

[@1998gst4611]

I think they would of won the war if they gave them couple M16s

[@classicgunstoday1972]

Ever read Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove?

[@agoo7581]

The uniforms of the losers.

[@gulfcoastcivilwarchannel9086]

Thanks for your profound historical contribution. While your flippant comment may be considered overly negative, it is accurate to say that the Confederacy indeed lost the war.

[@jameskirk5906]

God Bless Jefferson Davis and Alabama Gov. George Wallace!!!

[@skyecooper]

Roach.!!!!!!!!!!!

[@STho205]

Yep...I knew him when he was only knee high to Mary Grice.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Why would you be proud of a government that enslaved human beings and treated them as chattel ?

[@gulfcoastcivilwarchannel9086]

Thank you for your comment. When looking back on history we should guard ourselves from passing hind-sighted judgment based on our modern notions of civil rights. While what you say is true, keep in mind that the reasons individual men fought varied. Many Confederates fought against what they perceived was an invasion of their homes. They saw their service as a defense of their way of life, which oftentimes included slavery. One day we too may be judged for things that are not currently predominant viewpoints.

[@thomasbrennan6303]

@@gulfcoastcivilwarchannel9086 This is a fair point. However it's important to note that slavery is not only abhorrent and immoral to our modern viewpoints, but it was to Western viewpoints at the time as well. The Confederacy failed to secure military commitment from European powers because of this.

[@thomasbrennan6303]

Dressing in period military attire for educational purposes isn't necessarily demonstrating pride for the Confederacy. Although, it is often the case. I only see pride in the comments, not the video.

[@gulfcoastcivilwarchannel9086]

Good points but alas your points distort the context of the time. The Northern population was a 98.8 % of which only a small fraction would describe themselves as abolitionists. Even though we find it repugnant today White supremacy, north and south, was accepted as normal during this era in America. There were those, absolutely, that voiced opposition to slavery. However, they were in the minority in America and were considered radical. In mid nineteenth century America, most residents of the slave holding states viewed the abolitionist movement kind of like most people view the PETA movement today. We know it exists but it is not the predominant viewpoint. Maybe, 160 years it might be?

[@thomasbrennan6303]

@@gulfcoastcivilwarchannel9086 You are conflating 'white supremacy' with 'pro-slavery.' The overwhelming majority of white people in the 19th century, north, south, and abroad, were racist, yes. That doesn't mean they were pro-slavery or anti-abolition, however. 11 of 16 of northern states voted for an abolitionist presidential candidate, John C. Fremont, in 1856 (but, as someone who conducted numerous massacres against indigenous peoples, could hardly be considered a racial egalitarian). There were no polls conducted back them to determine what percent of the population personally identified as pro-abolition, but 70% of northern states either supported, or did not strongly object to, abolition by electing an abolitionist. Abolition could hardly be deemed a fringe or radical viewpoint on the eve of the Civil War. The Republican party was so closely tied to abolition that the South threatened to secede if a Republican won the presidency in 1856-- a threat they followed through on in 1860.

[@deodoroalvessantana8813]

Lee surrender in 1865.. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TransMissCampaigner1864]

The final assault on Fort Blakeley happened the day Lee surrendered. News didn’t travel like it does today. Pick up a book.

[@yehldyehld]

Just a bunch of saddos playing dress-up lol

[@USAPatriot1776]

Yankee,lib.

[@simpilot8508]

Please explain. How are they saddos ? Dress up I guess can be considered what Living HIstory is, but its living history. I think the only saddo is you.

[@brianjames4169]

I want one!!