Make a Blanket Roll - Vol. II, Episode 10
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2016
- Soldiers from both Southern and Northern armies can be seen in campaign images wearing blanket rolls. These were often made up to replace the knapsack and make carrying equipment both lighter and more comfortable on the march.
In Episode 10, we look at how the blanket roll was made - through the words of several veterans who marched in the Civil War. Hear the words of a Southerner as well as a man from both the eastern and western Union armies. As they describe how they made the blanket roll and we demonstrate the process.
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6:32 the use of the gum blanket is the same as the use if the Zeltbahn (combine sleeping shelter, poncho, waterproof protection) that has been used in the German army since the 1930s
I marched for the 102nd USCT over 20 years ago (I was a bugler because I was 10 or 11). I miss it and I'm so glad I found your channel. Thank you.
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I carried my gum blanket on the back of my belt, protects the buhonckus from getting wet on soupy ground
Very good, myself included
I once read that a Confederate soldier unrolled his blanket after the battle of Antietam and at least 15 bullets came out of it.
I have a sport : optimizing my bedroll or like I call it cowboy roll - this episode gives me new details 👌🤗 out in the field and spare me your whining about "cold weather" 😂🤠🙋🏻♂️ - I even hit the subscribe button 🍳☕️
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I was thinking I liked the idea of the gum blanket around the wool blanket to keep most of it dry. Then you mentioned carrying it folder int eh ammo packs straps so it could be used to keep more of yourself and equipment dry in the event of a sudden rain. I liked that idea better.
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Once again" AWESOME INFO SHARE & history lesson" this video placed a smile on this ole paratroopers face" Jackson's foot Calvary""" PRICELESS""
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Keep it going
This was every time my favoured as a Re-enactor
I think your channel is AWSOME!!
I spent 14 yrs in the U.S. Army and was a Drill Sargent for 7 yrs. I didn't do the screaming/shouting stuff if not needed and no one ever went AWOL in that time.😁
What I had my troopies (that's what I called them & they liked it) do is use doubled big garbage bags inside their duffle bag. They put their stuff inside then the top double garbage bags went over and carefully overlapped the bottom abit.
It poured like cats and dogs and the duffle bags were in an opened Army truck. We got back to garason, they got their bags, we got back to the barracks and their stuff was bone dry. They got their stuff secured, the bags were hung to dry and while other Drill
Sargent's squads had to spend tons of time drying out their gear my troops had the night off.
Ok you can say ...what does 'this' have to do with the Civil War? This video spoke about how a soldier carried their 'stuff'. Look at the rubber layer on the outside pack we were shown in the video here...rubber on the outside to try to keep the stuff inside dry WELL... what's changed?.... Not much. Useing the plastic bags on the inside of the duffle bag does the same job as the Civil War soldier did. I just thought I'd share.
I've done some Civil War reinacting too, it was alot of fun. I was given a choice of being a female reinactor or male (because I'm a women) I just looked at the guy who was playing Gen. Grant and said; "What do you think?" He smiled and gave me the male uniform. 😎
Nothing against the lady's who wear those long dresses and all but I'm a soldier and I don't want to sit around looking 'cute' I want to march and drill and put up tents or leantoos or make shelters by hand, chop wood, carry water, all that good stuff.
It was fun being with the kids, they really liked hearing our story's (told after researching REAL Civil War soldier's story's) and getting into character and all and adding our own 2 cents worth.
There were many women's bodies that were found on battle fields dressed as male soldiers... that ....they don't teach about that in schools. My Great great (however many greats) grandfather was in the Civil War on the Union side Peleg Tilson. He spent time in Andersonvile prison. He spoke about them finding woman's bodies and how the letters found on the woman's bodies spoke about them losing their husband's or boyfriend's and all.
War is just plain awful and no one really 'wins'.....just loss and heartake really. I hope the world someday learns that ...but.... I highly dout it. Desert Storm sure wasn't fun but we did what we had to do, like all those that have gone before us.
The estimated number of women who disguised themselves to enlist was around 400-750.
Excellent video! I got a slight chuckle out of the title "A member of Jackson's Foot Cavalry."
Glad you enjoyed!!
It means they fought dismounted, like Teddy Roosevelt's rough riders. You don't want your horses shot. They're your ride home. My great grandfather did the same in the First World War.
Gentlemen,
Thank you again for your efforts. This newest presentation, as with all preceding, is very nicely done.
Your humble servant,
2nd Sergt Joshua Sterma
Comp'y H, 6th Fla Vols
Thank you for keeping our nation's history a live sir""
Can you guys cover the cowboy bedroll? I've seen some pictures with this style of bedroll. Seems to be more comfortable when it's hot out. The blanket roll can get rather warm.
Always great videos here!
Fine video; thanks for posting !
Always great content from yall. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed!
very cool video
Doing our Indian wars we would put extra 50-70 ammo in a pair of socks (25 per), extra shirt, extra socks, in the blanket then the shelter half and gum blanket on the outside. We did quite a few scouting hikes of 20 to 25 miles.
Wool is mater repellant anyways unless it's mixed with other material
i need me a belt like yours...the number of buttons i go through dealing with suspenders...lol
Excellent vlog
Thanks! We strive to be much more than a VLOG, but are glad you are enjoying the content! Best wishes!
I don't know if it's already pointed out, but there's an image of a young dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Petersburg whose bedroll appears to be in the "French Twist".
That’s a great example!
I sincerely enjoyed this video!!! Thank you for sharing.
I wish to present some evidence that the twisted blanket roll did, in fact, see service to some improvised extent in the armies of the Grand Republic. An example of such a twisted over-the-shoulder roll can be found in Civil War veteran Julian Scott's painting of the 6th Corp's Vermont Brigade engaged at Chancellorsville (please note, a google search may yeild varying results). The figure wearing the twisted red blanket roll is placed in the painting's shady foreground, and evades immediate notice, but a brief investigation of the painting will not fail to bear testimony to the existence of the photographically evasive twisted shoulder roll. This discovery piqued my own interest, and I thought I would pass it on.
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I was looking at Adolphuses confederate uniforms article on the dead Confederate soldiers of fort Mahone and one of them has a twisted up blanket
Interesting that over a century later, Russian troops were using this method for their Plash palatka poncho shelters which are about the same size as the US Civil war shelter half. Like they say, 'There's nothing new under the sun'.
P S, it was known that some soldiers were equipped to catch fish possibly using hand lines with lures to supplement their rations time and location permitting?.
Hardtack and Fishes.... Sorta like loaves and fishes.
Mike Gallant-I remember reading a similar story in the bible. There must be very highly desirable fish 🐟 swimming 🏊 in US 🇺🇸 rivers and lakes which when caught will make a very tasty meal 🥘. Townsends did a video on stockfish which I envisage being stocked by most shops and even found their way into the boondocks.
I wonder if shelter halfs were carried on the inside too!!!?...white from the shelter half can be seen along ways!...good to shoot at!
Would you not do better by placing the items on the blanket, and once arranged as desired folding in the left and rightmost edges before rolling as tightly as possible before U-folding the long bundle and strapping it to fit? This would prevent items from filing out of the ends of the tube, even after it is strapped because of the repeated motion seen in marching or even in simple walking.
That French twist for a blanket roll I've only seen in twentieth century photos. I have not seen a twisted bedroll in any photo for Civil War nor Indian wars. I believe the oldest photo I've seen (just me not a wealth of knowledge on the matter) was actually either after the Spanish-American War or during the Great War.
There's a dead Confederate at Petersburg wearing one in 1865.
I found a photo of a soldier that appears to have the blanket roll in a French twist.
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@@CivilWarDigitalDigest Great episode, I always do the twist with my ground clothe, blanket, and keep my poncho fold up in my cartridge box strap or back belt
damm , I always used the twist , maybe that is not authentic , I thought i read a mention of it in the book "Footprints of a Regiment , 1st Georgia Regulars" , but no longer have the book , take care Mike
That is a legitimate way to do it. We just had a hard time finding photos. You are all good!
Good old Leander !
One way I have found that works for me is rolling from corner to corner. It rolls everything up tight and I feel like I don't have such a big lump on my shoulder. Is there any evidence for doing it this way? Thanks, and love the videos!
I do not recall an account we found that described that exactly. Most are vague just saying they rolled or folded it up. Not always detailed the how of that action. Of course, we do not find every account either we are sure of that. Glad you enjoy the videos!
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Tent half will protect from rain if treated
Were are the infantry soldiers issued ponchos?
Would the men in cavalry units also use the blanket roll or did they use other means?
They would normally roll the blanket and put it on the back of the saddle. Our friends at the 11th OVC UA-cam page have done a fantastic video on that roll.
could a john worsham type blanket roll work for a union impression?
+civil war guy 007 I'm sure it could. These are how the different men fixed their rolls, not how a government entity told them to. Given that, you should be safe.
+Civil War Digital Digest thanks
If you really want to travel light, one man carries a wool blanket and a shelter half, and your pard carries a rubber blanket and a shelter half.
How do I fold a blanket to fit it into my knapsack,
+Harry Zhang here is a link answering this question on the Authentic Campaigner forum. www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/showthread.php?43800-Packing-a-blanket&highlight=Blanket+folding
You buy a bergan
What’s a good period twine to use?
Jute
I heard "short strap"
Can you put your shelter half in your bed roll if you portray Confederate?
Yes, if you're patraing a unit that had them.
It is NOT a matter of personal preference, it is a difference between a veteran, and a green recruit in most cases, or the difference between an Infantry Soldier, and a REMF. No Infantry soldier is going to carry more than they need to, but you can bet you're last dollar that what he does carry, especially his fart sack, will be carried so as to keep it dry, at all times! You wouldn't see a man who is carrying everything he has on his back, and knows he will be sleeping either on the ground, or in a shelter half/puptent, is going to roll those blankets so they are exposed to rain, sleet, snow, mud, stream crossings, etc. They are going to be in their rubber blankets, AND their shelter halfs, and they are NOT going to leave much, if any, of the ends of the blankets sticking out to get wet! Only some clown who is going to be sleeping in a GP Medium, or in a cot, or a barracks, or by a big old bon fire, all night is going to be that stupid! An infantryman will NEVER do that. Trust me, there are 4 things that we Infantry soldiers never need: Cold Coffee, Wet Bed rolls/shit paper, and 2d Lt's, LOL!
It is more of a personal preference compared to most other things related to the millitary, that includes how to pack a knapsack. The accounts and images from the War do show the variety of ways that they packed the rolls. And consider the men who made the blanket rolls, these men were under neer constant campaign conditions save for one to three months during winter.