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Absolutely authentic in their painstaking detail, the illustrations depict officers and enlisted men in minutely detailed regalia, complete with weapons, horses, and accoutrements. Beautifully reproduced to retain every nuance of color and form, 44 plates encompass brigadier generals, staff, and line officers, cavalry, infantry, and artillery troops — even musicians — awaiting orders, receiving reports at the edge of the battlefield, and in other martial settings. Individual plates include a Minute Man (1774-75), General Washington as Commander-in-Chief (1779-83), a West Point Cadet (1813-21), General-in-Chief Winfield Scott (1858-61), Lieutenant-General Grant and Major-General Meade (1861-66), and many more.
Readers will be dazzled by the extraordinary detail and beautiful color of these plates; military enthusiasts, hobbyists, students of dress and design, and lovers of fine lithography will consider this volume an essential addition to their collections.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486147321 |
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| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication date: | 09/11/2012 |
| Series: | Dover Fashion and Costumes |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 48 |
| File size: | 17 MB |
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Uniforms of the United States Army, 1774â"1889 in Full Color
By H. A. Ogden
Dover Publications, Inc.
Copyright © 1998 Dover Publications, Inc.All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-486-14732-1
INTRODUCTION
In 1890, the Army of the United States published a volume including all regulations that had been issued since the formation of the Continental Army in 1775 (and some related to the Minute Men of Massachusetts), pertaining to official uniform. The book, entitled Uniform of the Army of the United States, Illustrated, From 1774 to 1889, featured 44 full-color plates of paintings by artist H. A. Ogden.
In carrying out his commission, Ogden composed a wide variety of scenes in which were featured officers and enlisted men from many different Army services, in diverse settings and activities. To show the various uniforms where and when they would be worn in actual military circumstances, he portrayed natural-looking groupings and interactions, such as soldiers reading their mail or playing checkers in garrison; officers conferring or reporting in urban townhouses or rural mansions; the activity of a campaign encampment; soldiers marching or carrying messages in open country; or cadets and officers at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Ogden included portraits of several well-known generals, and even painted specific officers of lesser rank who were his contemporaries.
This Dover publication, Uniforms of the United States Army, 1774—1889, in Full Color, reproduces all 44 of Ogden's detailed paintings, with captions identifying the Army service and rank of each soldier whose uniform is presented. From the infantry and sharpshooters of the Revolutionary War to the cavalry who fought the last of the Indian Wars, and from full-dress uniform to campaign garb to fatigues, a wide range of U.S. Army uniforms is featured in this unique collection of full-color plates.
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Table of Contents
Plate1 "Independent Company Organizations, 1774-1775"
2 "Miscellaneous Organizations, Continental Army, 1776-1779"
3 "Commander-in-Chief, Aide-de-Camp, Line Officers, etc., 1779-1783"
4 "Infantry: Continental Army, 1779-1783"
5 "Artillery, 1777-1783"
6 "Light Infantry, 1782"
7 "Infantry and Artillery, 1783-1796"
8 "Infantry and Musicians, 1796-1799"
9 "Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, 1799-1802"
10 "Commander-in-Chief and Staff, 1799-1802"
11 "Infantry and Artillery, 1802-1810"
12 "General, Staff, and Infantry, 1810-1813"
13 "Artillery, Infantry, Rifle, Dragoon, Cadet, 1813-1821"
14 "General, Staff and Line Officers, Light Artillery, 1813-1821"
15 "Regimental Officers, Engineer, and Cadet, 1821-1832"
16 "Major-General, Staff and Line Officers, Cadets, 1832-1835"
17 "Enlisted Men: Artillery, Infantry, Dragoons (Full Dress), 1835-1850"
18 "Major-General, Staff and Line Officers (Undress), 1841-1850"
19 "Voltigeur, Infantry, Dragoon, Artillery (Campaign Uniform), 1841-1851"
20 "Major-General, Staff and Line Officers, 1851-1858"
21 "Engineers, Foot Rifles, Dragoons (Musician), Light Artillery, Infantry, 1851-1854"
22 "Artillery, Ordnance, and Engineers, 1851-1858"
23 "Cavalry and Dragoons, 1855-1858"
24 "General-in-Chief, Engineers, Artillery, Cadets, 1858-1861"
25 "Artillery, Infantry, Mounted Rifles, Light Artillery, 1858-1861"
26 "Staff, Field, and Line Officers and Enlisted Men, 1858-1861"
27 "Campaign Uniform: Field, Line, and Noncommissioned Officers and Privates, 1861-1866"
28 "Lieutenant-General, Major-General, Brigadier-General, and Staff, Field, and Line Officers, 1861-1866"
29 "Major-General, Staff and Line Officers, and Enlisted Men (Full Dress), 1862-1871"
30 "Officers and Enlisted Men: Cavalry, Artillery, Infantry (Full Dress), 1872-1881"
31 "General, Major-General, and Officers of General Staff, 1872-1880"
32 "Field and Line Officers, Heavy Artillery and Infantry, and Enlisted Men, 1880-1885"
33 "Lieutenant-General, Staff and Line Officers (Full Dress), 1888"
34 "Major-General, Staff and Line Officers (Full Dress), 1888"
35 "Brigadier-General, Staff and Line Officers (Full Dress), 1888"
36 "Officers, General Staff and Staff Corps (Full Dress), 1888"
37 "Brigadier-General, Line Officers, Enlisted Men (Campaign Dress), 1888"
38 "Officers, Cavalry and Artillery; Cadets, U.S. Military Academy; etc. (Full Dress), 1888"
39 "Staff and Line Officers (Full Dress), Chaplain, etc., 1888"
40 "Officers and Enlisted Men (Overcoats and Capes), 1888"
41 "Noncommissioned Officers, Staff Corps, etc. (Full Dress), 1888"
42 "Enlisted Men, Staff Corps and Artillery (Full Dress), 1888"
43 "Enlisted Men, Cavalry and Infantry (Full Dress), 1888"
44 "Enlisted Men (General Wear, Fatigue, etc.), 1888"