What type of shelter tent is correct?

[@lanced3256]

Absolutely amazing post. Really scratched my Civil war itch for today. Very comprehensive. Thank you so much for bringing this to us. Can't wait for the next one!!

[@jedidls]

9:20 Touch fabric feels like the reenactor's equivalent to touch grass

[@WESAVEDTHELEFT1863]

I mean, basically. That or smell powder.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

I still have an OD green shelter half (I lost the rope and poles at some time in the twenty-teens) that I have both slept under while on active duty and used as a ground cloth, lean-to shelter, or a shooting mat in later years. I never thought to research when the cold war version was actually designed and 1st used.

[@guynemer53]

Glad I picked up Gaede's book when I did. I think theyre $100+ on Amazon now.

[@josephgonzales4802]

Great video, however you forget to mention the buttons, bone white and black, early/mid war as oppose to metal buttons for late war. Also the dimension of the shelter tents. I also have that book. Keep up the great work. 👍😌

[@Elk6903]

Lol. Hold your horses! We definitely didn’t forget. Each one of the topics you mentioned will be a video by themselves! Lol. The original cut of this video was 1.5 hours! Lol. We decided to break it up. The dimension conversion is definitely a fun one!

[@joshuathomas8529]

On a modern note, the shelter half stopped being issued sometime after 2008. I was issued a shelter half tent in 2008 when I was going threw traning to become a UAV pilot but we never used them. When I was stationed in Korea in 2005 we were not issued shelter Halfs even though most of our gear was of 1980's-1990's design. My dad used shelter halfs when he was in the army in the 1980's threw the early 1990's. I think the bivy cover is what replaced the shelter half, but I am not sure. When I went to basic training in 2005, we used bivy covers and ponchos no shelter halves. I do have I guess what could be considered the last version of the shelter half tent which I used in the late 1980's early 1990's when I was in the boy scouts. I took it on one back packing trip in 2001 with full at the time current U.S army field gear and at 13 pounds with poles and stakes it was heavy.

[@danieljosiahcotton]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting.

[@kidhammer2567]

Steve, thank you ever so much as always.

[@Slow_poke_hiker]

I have spent the last 4 days, since I watched video, thinking about this. Civil War Shelter Halves still being issued in the 1890s, That would be like, if when I enlisted in 1985, I was issued WWII/Korea era equipment.

[@carlclink9993]

Great and informative video. Fun to watch but the great question still lurks. Were tent pins issued and what were they? Thank you for your productions.

[@stevenjohnson2273]

2nd USSS has a video on period correct issued tent steaks

[@Defender78]

Yikes, what happened if it rains

[@SuperU571]

Where did the shelter half go on the saddle

[@scottdunkirk8198]

Doing our early Indian wars events we use a shelter half SOMETIMES and sometimes just a blanket and gum blanket and that’s it lol

[@ding_dong_and_charile]

Keep up the epic work

[@tomhenry897]

Didn’t realize so advance Thought just got traps

[@tommythetemplar]

I really want to get into reenacting. What are the usual age requirements?

[@duncant.2570]

Depends on the unit and event, but typically 16-18 for combat roles. Non combat roles vary to a much greater degree. Youngsters still have a place in camp/drill, though it depends on the unit. I'd recommend asking any units you'd like to join.

[@joedyer5486]

If you do Confederate impressions 14- 70 years old with a starving look about you

[@tommythetemplar]

@@joedyer5486 😂

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

Good to see OVC pop up in my feed!

[@MrJeep75]

Great video

[@jillatherton4660]

Shelter hard. 👍

[@MeRawhide]

This is very interesting but I would prefer if You didnt speak so hard (fast) as You ride😂. Those images go so fast that for a elder person like me its very hard to follow and really comprehend what is being said and shown. Glad that there is no banjo music raging on top of the narrative though😅

[@thomasbaagaard]

you can try chancing the speed of the video to 0.75x that might help.

[@MeRawhide]

Thanks for the tip

[@swarm6697]

The C S A did build there own not union scam terrest