U.S. Army Uniforms and Equipment, 1889: Specifications for Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, and Clothing and Equipage Materials

by Quartermaster General of the Army

This rare book contains not only complete specifications but detailed line drawings of virtually every item of uniform and equipment issued. It is a valuable reference for articles used during the 1870s and 1880s, the period of the Indian wars.

For much of the nineteenth century, the production of military clothing and equipment was geared to national emergencies. During the Mexican and Civil wars, the hardpressed Quartermaster Department...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803295529
• ISBN13: 9780803295520
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"