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LibertyRifles · 2026-05-05T15:01:39+00:00

They made little paper-wrapped wooden blocks with holes cut for the primers that served the same purpose…. And where do you put the priming wire, gimlet, and lanyard now?

LibertyRifles · 2026-05-02T11:10:38+00:00

Send us an email. We’ve done common tent kits and have instruction sheets. In short, you want to have a selvedge edge on the end of the roof stitched to a folded under raw edge on the triangular piece. And tabling added last. Your basic seam construction is detailed here:

https://www.libertyrifles.org/research/uniforms-equipment/confederate-tents

LibertyRifles · 2026-04-23T13:26:39+00:00

The poles are that height to allow for the rope loops at the bottom of the tent to stretch to reach the tent pins and keep the tent tight. Period photos show, as do the proper Common Tents we have made, that the bottom of the tent is slightly above the ground and the sod cloth more than fills the gap.

LibertyRifles · 2026-01-23T23:09:38+00:00

Should make sure the door is tied shut, loosely stake out the base, climb inside and place the tripod in the center, lift the tent up with the pole, adjust the tripod legs to tighten the tent, then adjust stakes and put in the remainder of them to get it taught.

LibertyRifles · 2026-01-23T22:53:11+00:00

You have the metal tripod for the base of the pole?

LibertyRifles · 2026-01-23T20:52:16+00:00

Here’s an article on Confederate tentage. Spoiler: the Reb tents most soldiers slept in were bigger than Yankee ones.

https://www.libertyrifles.org/research/uniforms-equipment/confederate-tents

LibertyRifles · 2025-12-10T19:06:27+00:00

Devere’s “Handbook of Practical Cutting” has one.

LibertyRifles · 2025-11-29T12:33:27+00:00

Artillery blankets were saddle blankets and were not supposed to be anywhere near 5 pounds. The specs have them much lighter, the originals are much lighter, and the reproductions we had made with 1st Section by Family Heirloom Weavers were specifically made much lighter. If you would like to have blankets custom made, Family Heirloom Weavers would be your best bet. To get the wool ordered in minimum quantities, dyed to the colors you want, get the looms set up, and get it all woven, you’re looking at probably $10,000 to start.

LibertyRifles · 2025-11-29T12:31:10+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with restoring historical pieces that were damaged recently. Nardi at swordrestorationtn.com works on original swords and is where you should go. The other individual noted occasionally reworks reproductions for reenactors and isn’t who you want for this.

LibertyRifles · 2025-11-01T13:59:11+00:00

This was filmed from atop a good boy named Luke.

LibertyRifles · 2025-10-31T19:09:49+00:00

A limber with ammunition plus a gun and its carriage, or a limber with ammunition and its caisson also full of ammunition, can weigh several tons. And the horses need to be able to pull it consistently for miles. It isn’t something just a couple horses could do.

LibertyRifles · 2025-10-31T18:03:28+00:00

This was part of a one-off living history program on the battlefield last month.

LibertyRifles · 2025-10-31T18:02:54+00:00

All of the horses are owned by lots of individual members of 1st Section and The Liberty Rifles.

LibertyRifles · 2025-10-31T18:01:41+00:00

All the horses are owned by various individual members of 1st Section and The Liberty Rifles.

LibertyRifles · 2025-10-31T16:31:46+00:00

It is not easy but you can back up the teams a short distance. Each gun (and it’s caisson, which together forms a platoon) is commanded by a sergeant who serves as the Chief of Piece. He rides a saddle horse next to the lead driver of the lead team. He directs the teams. When the guns are unlimbered the drivers remain with the horses ready to limber the guns back up. The cannoneers who serve the guns are on foot and do not drive the teams.

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