Author: Lt. Col. Charles H. Cureton, USMCR (Ret.) & David M. Sullivan
Publisher: Bender Publishing, May 2010
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1-932970-11-8
Synopsis
The uniforms & equipment worn by Marines during the Civil War are virtually unknown. This book is the 1st in-depth study of Marine uniforms & equipment ever undertaken, & it includes 100s of contemporary portraits of officers & men wearing the items illustrated in the regulations. There is no other reference book of this magnitude on Marine dress & equipment of the period. 475 Color Photos & Portraits; 8.5x11 inches, 296 pgs.
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The uniforms & equipment worn by Marines during the Civil War are virtually unknown. This book is the first in-depth study of Marine uniforms & equipment ever undertaken, & it includes hundreds of contemporary studio portraits of officers & men wearing the items described & illustrated in the 1859 uniform regulations plus hundreds of color photographs of surviving material. There are complete chapters on the evolution of Marine insignia, swords, headdress, & all types of uniforms & clothing, to include the origin of the Marine officers? quatrefoil & the modern noncommissioned officers? sword.
There is no other reference book of this magnitude on Marine dress & equipment of the period.