Union Army Uniforms and Insignia of the Civil War
Index to the Links and Supplemental Discussions Related to the 1861 U.S. Army Uniform Regulations
Compiled by Dr. Howard G. Lanham
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- Baldric (Mention)
- Band of Veteran's Reserve Corps (Artifact)
- Band Musicians in Organizational Plan (Mention)
- Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (Photo)
- Bannerman
- Barlow,Francis Channing (Mention)
- Barlow, Francis Channing (Painting)
- Bassler, John G. W. (Photo)
- Battery (Photo and Text)
- Bat Wing (Artifact)
- Bayonet Scabbard in image (Photo)
- Bazelon, Bruce (Author)
- Bazelon, Bruce (Author)
- Bellard, Alfred (Mention)
- Belt Buckles and Other Plates
- Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri (Mention)
- Berdan, Hiram (Mention)
- Bezdek, Richard H. (Author)
- Bibliography of Civil War U.S. Army Uniform Sources
- Binder, Daniel (Artifacts Courtesy of)
- Binns, Charlie E. (Mention)
- Birney, David Bell (Mention)
- Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West (Mention)
- Brandy Station, Virginia (Mention)
- Brickle, Andrew (Mention)
- Binder, Daniel J. (Author)
- Blanket, Clothing Allowance for (Text)
- Bootees, Clothing Allowance for (Text)
- Bootees Issued to a Soldier 1862 (Document)
- Booth, John Wilkes (Mention)
Borrell, Bob (Mention)
- Brady, Mathew (Mention)
- Branch of Service Colors (Discussion)
- Butler Medal (Mention)
- Brigadier General
- British Influence on U.S. Uniforms
- Brogans (Mention)
- Brownell, Francis Edwin (Photograph)
- Buckles see Belt Buckles
- Bull Run (Battle)
- Burke, Joseph H. (Photo)
- Burnside Variation Hat (Catalog Drawing)
Burnside Variation Hat (Photo)
- Button Pattern Indicating Rank on Frock Coats (Photos)
- Buttons
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Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (Mention)
Chapeau de Bras
Chaplain
Chasseur Type Forage Cap (Kepi)
Chasseurs à pied Shako Plate (Artifact)
Chasseurs à pied Uniforms (Mention)
Chevrons
Chevrons (Book)
Chief of the Piece (Text)
Circlet for Overcoat to Indicate Grade (Drawing)
Civil War Artifacts: A Guide for the Historian (Book)
Civil War Cavalry & Artillery Sabers (Book)
Civil War Collectors Encyclopedia (Book)
Civil War Collector's Guide to Albert's Button Book (Book)
Civil War Corps Badges and Other Related Awards, Badges, Medals of the Period (Book)
Civil War Relics of the Western Campaigns (Book)
Civil War Uniforms (Book)
Clothing Allowance Form 52
Coat-Skirt Ornaments (Mention)
Coates, Earl (Author)
Cobb, John D. (Photo)
Collar of Frock Coat (Photo)
Colonel
Color
Commissary Sergeant
Company Organization (Text)
Company Letters on Enlisted Men's Hats (Artifact)
Company Quartermaster Sergeant of Cavalry (Mention)
Conspicuousness of Officer's Uniform
Corporal
Corps Badges
Corps of Engineers-see Engineers
Cravat (Photo)
Cross Belt Plate (Artifact)
Crossed Sabers-see Hat Insignia
Crouch, Howard R. (Author)
Cuffs of General Officer (Photo)
Cup-see Tin Cup
Curry Comb (Photo)
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- Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mand� (Mention)
- Daguerreotype (Mention)
- Dammann, Gordon (Author)
- Davidson, James (Mention)
- Davis, George E. (Artifacts of)
- Davis, Jefferson (Mention)
- Davis, William C. (Author)
- Department of West Virginia (Artifact)
- Devine, Franklin (Artifact of)
- Directory of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers 1785-1915 (Book)
- Disderi, A.E. (Mention)
- Diven, Alexander Samuel (Artifact)
- Dix, John A.(Photo)
- Doherty, Edward Paul (Photo)
- Don Troiani's Soldiers in America (Book)
- Dragoons' Hat Insignia (Mention)
- Drawers, Clothing Allowance for (Text)
- Drum Stick Carriage (Drawing)
- Drummer holding Model 1840 Musician's Sword (Photo)
- Duryee's Zouaves (Painting)
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- Hale, Thomas (Mention)
- Half Chevron of Hospital Steward (Drawing)
- Halleck, Henry (Photo)
- Hancock's 1st Veteran Corps Badge (Drawing)
- Hardee, Joseph (Mention)
- Harper's Weekly (Mention)
- Harris, Charles (Author)
- Hartley, Marcellus (Mention)
- Hat
- Hat Cords
- Hat Insignia
- Haversack (Mention)
- Hawley, William (Artifacts of)
- Hayward, B. T. (Mention)
- Headgear
- Heavy Artillery (Mention)
- Hinckley, Wallace (Photo)
- Historic American Swords (Book)
- Home, Sweet Home (Painting)
- Homer, Winslow (Paintings by)
- Horse Artillery (Mention)
- Horse Soldier (Book)
- Horstmann & Allien Company (Mention)
- Horstmann Bros & Co. Phil. (Mention)
- Horstmann's: The Enterprise of Military Equipage (Book)
- Hospital Steward
- Houghton, G. H. (Photographer Mention)
- Howell, Edgar M. (Author)
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- Maine Troops
- Major
- Major General
- Major General Commanding
- Malingering (Mention)
- Manassas (Battle)
- Maryland Troops (Union)
- Massachusetts State (Artifact)
- Massachusetts Troops
- McAfee, Michael (Author)
- McClellan saddle (Photo)
- McCord, David O. (Photo)
- McDowell, Irvin (Photo)
- McGuinn, William F. (Author)
- McGuinn, William F. (Author)
- Meach, George E. (Mention)
- Medals and Decorations
- Medical Cadet's Shoulder Strap (Drawing)
- Medical Staff
- Men-at-Arms Series: American Civil War Armies 2 Union Troops (Book)
- Metallic Shoulder Straps- see Smith, James S.
- Michigan Troops
- Military Outfitters
- Military Uniforms in America: The Long Endure The Civil War Period 1852-1867 (Book)
- Milroy, Robert H.(Photo)
- Minerva, Roman Goddess (Mention)
- Mintzer, W.G. (Outfitter)
- Missouri Troops (Union)
- Monocacy, Battle of (Artifact)
- Morse, Samuel (Mention)
- Mosby, John Singleton (Mention)
- Mosman, Dexter F. (Armory Inspector)
- Mourning Armband worn by Officer (Photo)
- Mourning Armband worn by First Zouave (Photo)
- Mowbray, Stuart C. (Author)
- Murray, Robert, Surgeon (Photo)
- Musician or Musician's Equipage
- Myer, Albert J. (Mention)
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- Saber see Swords
- Saber Bayonet (Photo)
- Saber Knot (Drawing)
- Sack Coat
- Saddle Cloth Ornament (Artifact)
- Saddler in Organizational Plan (Mention)
- Sanitary Fairs (Mention)
- Sash
- Scarlet Color on Artillery Uniforms (Mention)
- Schabraque (Saddle Cloth)(Mention)
- Schuller, Christian (Mention)
- Schuyler, George L. (Mention)
- Schuyler, Hartley and Graham (Period Catalog)
- Scovill Manufacturing Co. (Mention)
- Second Army Corps Badge in cloth (Artifact)
- Second Army Corps Badge in metal (Artifact)
- Second Army Corps Badge (Drawing)
- Schuyler, Hartley and Graham Firm and Catalog (Discussion)
- Schuyler, Jacob Rutsen (Mention)
- Second Lieutenant
- Sergeant
- Sergeant Major
- Service Chevron (Drawing)
- Service Chevrons (Photo)
- Seventeenth Corps Badge (Arifact)
- Seventeenth Corps Medal of Honor (Mention)
- Shako (Leather Cap)
- Sharpshooter Troops using green color as distinction (Mention)
- Sharpshooter Troops (Mention)
- Shell and Flame of Ordnance Branch (Artifact)
- Sherman, William T. (photo)
- Shirt worn by a Farrier (Photo)
- Shirts, Clothing Allowance for (Text)
- Short Coats worn by Officers (Photo)
- Shoulder Boards see Shoulder Straps
- Shoulder Knots
- Shoulder Scale
- Shoulder Straps
- Signal Corps
- Silsby, William H. (Artifact of)
- Sixth Army Corps Badge (Drawing)
- Slouch Hat (Artifact)
- Smith, James S. (Outfitter)
- Smith Patented Shoulder Strap- see Smith, James S.
- Smith, William F. (Mention)
- Sorenson, Michael (Artifacts Courtesy of)
- Socks- see Stockings
- Spencer Carbine in image (Photo)
- Springfield Rifle in image (Photo)
- Springfield Rifle in image (Photo)
- Stable Frock Coat (Photo)
- Stable Frock Coat, Clothing Allowance for (Text)
- Staff Officers
- Stanton, Edwin (Mention)
- Steffen, Randy (Author)
- Stinson, Samuel (Artifact of)
- Stock (Leather), Clothing Allowance for (Text)
- Stock (Leather) Issued to a Soldier 1862 (Document)
- Stockings, Clothing Allowance for (Text)
- Stockings Issued to a Soldier 1862 (Document)
- Stone, Andrew Leete (Photo)
- Stoutenborough, Edwin Augustus (Artifact and Photo)
- Straps: The Evolution of U.S. Army Shoulder Straps (Book)
- Stylistic Variations of Shoulder Straps (Artifacts)
- Surgeons see Medical Staff
- Sword Belt Plate Model 1851 (Drawing)
- Sword Belts
- Sword Belt Plate (Model 1851) (Artifact)
- Sword Belt Plate of the State of Ohio (Artifact)
- Sword Knot (Drawing)
- Sword Knot (Photo)
- Swords
- Swords and Scabbards Types (Drawings)
- Swords and Scabbards Types (in Photographs)
- Stock worn on neck
- Surgeon (Photo)
- Surgeon in Organizational Plan (Mention)
- Swords and Scabbards Types (1861 Ordnance Manual)
- Swords of Honor (Drawing)
- Sylvia, Stephen W.(Author)
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