The common image of the Confederate Army during the Civil War is dominated by a limited number of early photogaphs of troops wearing the gray and butternut of the CS regulations and quartermaster issues. By contrast, this book examines the uniforms of the Louisiana and Texas militia and volunteer companies originally brought together in the Confederate field armies; and the continuing efforts to clothe them as wear-and-tear gradually reduced this wide range ofuniforms. A mass of information from contemporary documents is illustraed with rare photographs and meticulous color reconstructions.

Louisiana: Antebellum volunteer militia, 1861 - Zouaves & Chasseurs, 1861-62- Confederate States volunteers, 1861-62 - State-issue clothing, 1861-63 - Uniforms provided by Ladies' Aid Societies - Arms & equipage · Texas - Antebellum volunteer militia - Confederate States volunteers, 1861-62 - State-issue clothing, 1861-62 - Ladies' Aid Societies - Arms & equipage.

Ron Field was born in 1943 in Hertford, England. He has taught history in the Cotswolds since 1973. He was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship in 1982 and taught history at Piedmont High School in California from 1982-83 as part of the UK/US Teacher Exchange Programme. He has travelled extensively in the US conducting research at numerous libraries, archives and museums.