Resources/Links

The following are a few Civil War sites that I personally recommend for quality, honesty and general interest to the cavalry historian. Keep watching. More will be added as time permits.

RESEARCH SITES:

www.jarnaginco.com/leather%20definitions%20index.htm Jarnagin’s. My friend David Jarnagin’s 19th century leather research and knowledge is second to none.

http://go.footnote.com/1860census/?xid=272 Foot Note.com is a great source for original archival papers

http://www.old_picture.com/collection_index_001.htm 19th century Picture Collections

http://www.loc.gov/index.html  Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/ Library of Congress Civil War photo collections

http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/CSky_ms.html Civil War Regimental Histories

http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csacav/index.html Tennessee Regimental histories

http://mississippiscv.org/mississippi_history.htm Mississippi Regimental Histories

http://www.garegiments.com/ Georgia Regimental Histories

http://www.ncregiments.com/ North Carolina Regimental Histories

http://www.crt.louisiana.gov/tourism/civilwar/civilwar.htm Louisiana in the Civil War

http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/Mocwlink.htm Links to Missouri Civil War sites

http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/cds/index5.html Historic images and maps

http://www.cwartillery.org/artillery.html Civil War Artillery

http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/quest.htm 1920’s Tennessee Veterans Questionnaires.

http://www.csa_railroads.com/ Confederate Railroads

http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html Collection of Southern History

http://www.censusdiggins.com/census_records.html U.S. Historical Census information

http://www.mdgorman.com/ Civil War Richmond Va. Everything about Confederate Richmond.

http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ On line access to Nat’l Park Serv. Civil War records

http://www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com/   Fred Adolphus excellent site on CS uniforms. Includes his articles and info on his new book “Imported Confederate Unforms of Peter Tait & Co. Limerick, Ireland.”

CAVALRY RELATED HISTORIC OR MUSEUM SITES:

http://elmspringscsa.tripod.com/id18.html Boyhood home of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Chapel Hill, Tennessee. A “pet” project of the SCV!

www.riley.army.mil Ft.Riley, KS “The” home of the U.S. Cavalry and a superb cavalry museum.

http://www.henrycountybattlefield.com/ Nash Farm. Site of the famous Lovejoy Station battle between Federal Gen. J Kilpatrick (Kil-Cavalry) and Ross’s Texas Brigade.

www.bricescrossroads.com Brice’s Cross Roads. Site of N.B. Forrest’s greatest victory

http://www.parkerscrossroads.com/ Battle of Parker’s Crossroads, Site of a one of Forrest’s early victories.

www.atlhist.org Atlanta History Center: One of the largest and finest general CW collections in existence.

www.carnton.org Historic, haunting Middle-Tennessee plantation home and hospital during the tragic Battle of Franklin. Site of largest private Confederate cemetery in the country.

http://www.brandystationfoundation.com/ Brandy Station Foundation. Private foundation for the preservation of the site of North America’s largest cavalry battle!

http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html Alabama Archives & History. Excellent museum, artifacts (lots of cavalry gear) and library research center.

www.carterhouse1864.com  Carter House, Franklin Tennessee. Hallowed ground epicenter of the Battle of Franklin! Wonderful museum!!

www.beauvoir.org/ Beauvoir. Pres. Jefferson Davis’ post war home and museum

http://www.civil_war_museum.org/ Civil War Museum of the Western Confederacy. Bardstown, Ky. A “large”, diverse and wonderful museum. Worth the trip!

http://www.cwmuseum.org/main.asp The Civil War Soldiers Museum of Pensacola, Fla. Little known but excellent museum.

http://www.preserveala.org/confederatepark.aspx Confederate Memorial Park. Bill Rambo, Director. Alabama’s Confederate Veterans Home and home to a superb museum!

http://www.confederatemuseum.com/ Confederate Memorial Hall, New Orleans, La. One of the oldest and finest Confederate museums in existence. Since the late 1800’s!

www.1856.com    The steam boat Arabia sunk in the Missouri River in 1856 providing for us today a virtual time capsule of artifacts. Worth the trip to Kansas City!

http://www.kyhorsepark.com/museum/ The Kentucky Horse Park

http://bellemeadeplantation.com/ Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville. Once a 5,400 acre plantation and center for breeding of Tennessee race horses including several Ky Derby winners. Site of a severe skirmish in the retreat following the battle of Nashville. Post war home to Gen. “Red” Jackson, one of Forrest’s brigade commanders.

http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/ U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Ft. Lee (Petersburg) Virginia and home to one of the finest US cavalry saddle collections in the world.

http://www.jebstuart.com/ Jeb Stuart Birth place, Laurel Hill, Va.

http://www.mosbysrangers.com/ Excellent site heralding John S Mosby, The Gray Ghost!

http://www.wheelerplantation.org/Joe.htm Gen Joe Wheeler’s post war home, Pond Spring, Ala.

http://www.garryowen.com/ Web site dedicated to George Armstrong Custer

RELIC DEALERS:

www.oldsouthantiques.com/onlinecatalog.htm Old South Antiques. Only Confederate!

www.mcpheetersantiquemilitaria.com/ Ken McPheeters. Historian and writer. Lots of great cavalry relics

www.horsesoldier.com/index.html The Horse Soldier: Gettysburg CW Relic Shop. Always great ‘stuff”

www.jsmosby.com/default.asp JS Mosby CW Relics. Operated by NORTH SOUTH TRADER. Always great ‘stuff” offered by some fine people.

www.midtenrelics.com/index.htm Middle Tennessee C.W. Relics. Larry Hicklen’s. Always good stuff by an honest dealer.

www.fortdonelsonrelics.com/ Ft. Donelson Relics: Another great shop

www.shilohrelics.com Shiloh Relics: Rafael Eledge’s shop and more great “stuff”

www.civilwarhorse.com  Rick Hart’s new site specializing in all CW cavalry artifacts! Good stuff for “us”!

EXCELLENT BOOK DEALERS     (Superb or specialized inventory!): 

First Corps Books, Mike Wadsworth firstcorps@msn.com

Jim Mundie Books jmundie@aol.com

Old South Art and Frame & Books! Chuck Johnson oldsouthart@aol.com

http://www.researchonline.net/catalog/index.htm Eastern Digital Resources: Great source of reprints on many hard to find CW regimentals, diaries and reminiscences

http://www.guidon.com/ Guidon Books:

http://www.scspublications.com/ SCS: Mr friend Howard Crouch is a prolific author, relic hunter and one of the most knowledgeable men today on horse equipment and relics in general.

http://www.rsdmilitaria.com/index.php R. Stephen Dorsey’s site for  great reference books!

Coctaw Books, Jackson Mississippi, Rare and out of print books. Fred Smith 601 352 7281

www.sonic.net/-bstone/oldarmy/ Old Army Books: Bruce Halsted. Lots of the rare, the unusual and the common books on cavalry.

http://www.nstcivilwar.com/ North South Trader’s Magazine and book dealers. 

http://www.wildhorsebooks.com/    Wild Horse Books & Art: Has the world’s largest selection of books and plans for building or identifying horse drawn vehicles to include the carriage, cart, wagon, buggy, sleigh, stage coach and many more; also books on training and driving draft horses, mules and carriage horses; Model vehicles & kits; books for building model carriages and more. Including..New! plans for the Civil War Artillery – Field Guns, Limber, Traveling Forge, Caisson and other Carriages

AUTHENTIC SUTLERS or SUPPLIERS:

www.jarnaginco.com Jarnagins: The hobby’s “Walmart” and still the best source for many hard to get items. Excellent leather and tin items for all periods from the 1700’s through the later 1800’s. My good friend David Jarnagin

http://www.borderstates.com/ Border State’s Leather. My good friend Doug Kidd’s saddle shop. Excellent Federal, CS, Dragoon and other cavalry period items.

www.cavalryequipment.com Tom Smith’s Saddlery: Great source for well made Federal saddlery

www.glennpierdepot.us/ Glen Pier Depot: Karl Pepper’s site for well made CS and Federal saddlery.

www.carterandjasper.com Carter & Jasper: A great source for authentic “in stock” clothing, the common and uncommon personal items and more.

www.lederarsenal.com/ Jan of Germany: Europe’s most authentic and knowledgeable Civil War saddler.

Butch Meyers: Some of the finest in hand made accoutrements jrmco2@aol.com

http://www.smoke-fire.com/smoke-fire-newspaper.asp Largely late 18th and early 19th century goods and books but all excellent!

http://duvallleatherwork.com/StoreFront.bok Duvall Leather Works. Excellent quality accoutrements including cavalry and British.

http://4beatstitchery.com/index.html Gloria Cihan restores old saddles.

http://www.stuartliliesaddles.com/index_files/saddles/E19thmilitia.htm High quality 18th and 19th century saddles and equipments including early English civilian, 18th century British, French and American military, early 19th century American and recently, Civil War Federal and Confederate saddles. Master Saddler Stuart Lilie does some of the finest saddle craftsmanship available in America today. 

CAVALRY ASSOCIATIONS or AUTHENTIC CAVALRY REENACTMENT UNITS:

www.uscavalry.org/ US Cavalry Association

http://www.brandystationfoundation.com/ Brandy Station Foundation. Private foundation for the preservation of the site of North America’s largest cavalry battle!

http://www.tennessee_scv.org/ForrestHistSociety/ N.B. Forrest Historical Society

www.members.tripod.com/~Morgans_Men/index.html Morgan’s Men

http://www.morganmuseum.org/index.html  The Morgan Horse Assoc.

http://pages.prodigy.net/rebel7tn/ 7th Tennessee Cavalry. One of the oldest, most authentic and best cavalry reenactment units.

http://www.geocities.com/crittercompanyorg/ The Critter’s are now largely defunct but still one of the BEST!

http://mainecav.org/ First Maine: Most authentic all Federal units today

http://www.blackhorsetroop.org/ 4th Virginia Black Horse Troop

http://www.tennessee_scv.org/MortonsBattery/ History of Morton’s Battery, Forrest’s Artillery and modern reenactment unit.

http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/ Sharing and preserving the history of the 8th Texas (Terry’s) Cavalry C.S.A.

http://www.geocities.com/sixtxcavrgtcsa/ Sharing and preserving the history of the hard fighting Ross’ Texas Cavalry Brigade, C.S.A.

AUTHENTIC CAVALRY or other HISTORIC FORUMS: 

www.authentic_campaigner.com Authentic Campaigner: Simply the best place and source for the authentic CW reenactor.

http://uhlan.proboards34.com/ Civil War Cavalry Forum

www.cwreenactors.com/forum Reenactor’s Forum: Arguably “mainstream” but good source

www.militaryhorse.org/ The Military Horse: All periods of cavalry but leans toward Indian Wars through WWII. Great resource site!

www.westcoastcampaigner.com West Coast Forum: For the ‘way out west” CW reenactor

AUTHENTIC C.W. CAVALRY EVENTS (2011):  

 

7th Tennessee Cavalry’s 2011 Cavalry Camp of Instruction!!!  March 2011 At Carnton Plantation, Franklin Tennessee.  The hobby’s “best” Cavalry Camp of instruction. Contact Mark Choate for more information. choatecav@aol.com 

CIVIL WAR PUBLICATIONS/HISTORICAL ART: 

http://www.civilwarhistorian.com/ Civil War Historian: The best “all Civil War” publication for the authentic reenactor and historian

www.civilwarnews.com Civil War News: “The” Civil War newspaper of today for current events, reenactments, preservation issues and all things Civil War.

http://www.campchase.com/news/index.asp Camp Chase: The hobby’s “old grey lady” and a great mainstream (and now Campaigner) reenactor source of news and events.

www.historicalartprints.com    Historical Art Prints – Don Troiani’s site for the finest in historical art.
 
www.historicalimagebank.com   Military and Historical Image Bank. Don Troiani is gracious enough to allow me to use his photos on my site. For alot more and better images of the finest militaria artifacts from the 18th and 19th centuries check out his imagebank site. Its worth the trip!      
                                                                                                                                                                                                
http://www.nstcivilwar.com/ Steve Sylvia’s and Nancy Rosenbacher’s award winning!…North South Trader’s Magazine. The finest CW historical and relic magazine published today!  Excellent articles, reasearch, photographs and writing.