Helpful Links

The following are great places and resources that helped us learn all we wanted to know about the reenacting/living history hobby and the historical time periods we are interested in.  As we learn more and gather more information the list will gradually get longer.

Historical & Living History Resources:

• All For the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
  by: Robert Hunt Rhodes & Geoffrey C. Ward

• Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers & Community during American Revolution
  by: Holly A. Mayer

• Civil War Journal and Selected Letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  by: Christopher Looby

• Civil War Recipes: Receipts from the Pages of Godey’s Lady’s Book
  by:  Lily May Spaulding and John Spaulding

• Early American Cookery: “The Good Housekeeper,” 1841
  by: Sarah Josepha Hale

• Hard Tack and Coffee: Soldier’s Life in the Civil War
  by:  John D. Billings and Charles W. Reed

• Historic Costumes & Home to Make Them
  by: Mary Fernald and E. Shenton

• Inside the Army of the Potomac
  by: J. Gregory Acken

• Memoir of A Revolutionary Soldier
  by: Joseph Plumb Martin

• The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy
  by: Hannah Glasse

• The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of “American Cookery,” 1796
  by:  Amelia Simmons

• The Virginia Housewife (1824)
  by: Mary Randolph

• What People Wore When
  by: Melissa Leventon

Web Resources:

Living History Podcast: http://livinghistorypodcast.com/
Past and Present Podcast: http://www.history.org/media/podcasts.cfm
WeReenact.net: http://www.wereenact.net
Reenactors Network: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reenactors-Network/64689998801

Information: Travel & Reenacting tips:
Be a Civil War Reenactor: http://www.beacivilwarreenactor.com
Fanny & Vera’s Guide:http://www.shasta.com/suesgoodco/newcivilians/index.htm
Friends of Fore Frederick: http://friendsoffortfrederick.info/
Friends of Md Renaissance Fest: http://www.friendsofmdrf.org/
Gettysburg Pa Museum: http://www.gettysburgmuseum.com/
History & Re-enacting Resources: http://www.historyandreenacting.com
Ladies of Reenacting: http://www.ladiesofreenacting.com/
Living History: http://www.reenact.com
Pirate & Renaissance Fest: http://www.privateerdragons.com/links2.html
Reenactor Fest: http://www.reenactorfest.com/
Reenacting.net: http://www.reenacting.net/
Reenacting Tips: Equipment:http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/3501/re-enact.htm
Sarah’s 18th Century Living History: http://reenacting.net/sfmlh.html
The Ladies Parlor Book List: http://www.theladiesparlor.com/booklist.html
The Ladies Parlor Links: http://www.theladiesparlor.com/links.html
We Make History: http://www.wemakehistory.com/
Williamsburg History: http://www.history.org/history/
Williamsburg Welcome Center Shop: http://www.williamsburgmarketplace.com/

Recruiting Guide or Beginners guide to Reenacting: Here are some sites we found from reenacting communities or groups who publish their guide online for new members of their regiment, infantry and etc. For further help contact the group you would like to join for more details.

1st Tennessee Infantry Guidelines: http://www.first-tennessee.co.uk/articles/guidelines.htm
9th Pennsylvania Civil War Unit:http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~jw3u/NewRecruits.htm
69th Pennsylvania Civil War Unit: http://69pvi.com/rulesregulations.htm
71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry:http://www.snlha.org/Flyers/71st_Membership_JGC.pdf
Canadians Grand Army of the Republic: http://www.cgar.ca/equip.html
Civil War Reenacting Handbook: http://www.1861reenactors.com/
Equipment Guidelines for Civil War: http://www.cwreenactors.com/faq.htm
Guidelines for Native Portrayals: http://www.first-tennessee.co.uk/articles/guidelines.htm
World War 2 Guidelines: http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com/ww2/

Civilian Guides : (Articles all reenactors should read)
How to get started? by the Civil War Lady
Starting the Journey
Civil War Reenacting 101
Introduction to Civilian Reenacting
An Orientation to Civilian Reenacting
Civil War Reenacting Guidebook
Civil War Traveler
Historic Citizens Association