I was at a Half Price Books in Indianapolis recently, and I found this great treasure. David Miller put out the book, "The Illustrated Directory of Uniforms, Weapons, and Equipment of the Civil War" back in 2001- so this one is coming up on 2 decades old! AND, Miller is BRITISH!
Anyway, David Miller REALLY did an amazing job with this small book (Its over 450 pages long, but is made pocket sized- if you had a baggy pocket). There are TONS of great, color photos of actual weapons and uniforms. PLUS, there are a lot of VERY WELL DONE drawings. As a figure painter, this is going to be a great resource.
This is the kind of book I will be keeping handy.... This is now one of my favorite reference books and I can easily say that it gets my highest possible recommendation! I wish I had come across it sooner!
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