[usmcobra]

, i've never worn a CSA uniform, as i am NOT a reenactor. it's NOT "my thing".

Really? You're not an re-enactor then how do you explain this.....

what i'm looking for is one that LOOKS authentic for carry by my "alternate persona", to wit the color corporal of Det 1, Co A, CSMC.

marine corporals carried cutlasses, rather than swords/sabers. SGTS & serving officers carried seemingly whatever sort of sword or saber they were issued, captured or "could get by other means".

ONE Captain, of the CSMC station at Savannah, wrote a letter to a cousin asking for the loan of $ 10.00 in gold to "buy a suitable used heavy French hussar saber, such that i might not be subject to the disapproval of my senior officers".

he wore that hussar saber throughout the WBTS, as it is mentioned in his records in early 1865.

free dixie,sw

and this.....

i KNOW what you mean. see just HOW frustrating this CSMC outfitting CAN be!
as another example, marine bootees are SHINY-side OUT, which means they cannot be "bought off the shelf" from a CW sutler.

free dixie,sw

it sounds suspiously like you are either a re-enactor or outfitting yourself to singlehandedly fight a second civil war with the weapons of the first.

shall we move on to your next epic meltdown?

[stand watie]

in other words, you can't figure out that i'm SHOPPING for a "complete kit" to be a member of the CSMC HONOR GUARD, which is for memorial ceremonies, rather than reenactments????

speaking of "MELTDOWNS", how are YOU this evening???

lol AT you.

free dixie,sw