I'm lucky enough to live on property the South had a rail on. I keep wearing out metal detectors. Look up the Camden campaign. I'm in the middle where the south sent the north packing with their tails tucked.
@@johncraskea cowards expectations and an impotent man's wet dream... Don't worry little guy. People like me are ensuring that the country doesn't fall into civil war.
The shirt is amazing. 'One of one' indeed! While I'm a Federal reenactor, I'm VERY glad that Mississippi was able to find and preserve this unique bit of soldier-craft. And it fades out rather like ACU/OCP!
From central PA; we lived close to Gettysburg and visited multiple times. It surprises me how many people, in 2023, are STILL pulling civil war ammunition out of the ground. It is VERY common to find balls still. If that doesn't speak to how very many were FIRED I don't know what does. Hey, let's NOT do that AGAIN. I LOVE that jacket!! I'd wear it! and yes, I called "curtains". But that's NICE!!! Look at the detail!! I understand why he grabbed the curtains!!!!! LOL Fabric is fabric! I have kirtles (medieval underdress) made with "found" fabric. (curtains, tablecloths, bed linens) Such a beautiful piece!
The drapes shirt is literally a hunting shirt. Imagine if his whole unit was wearing this fabric and leaf pattern, they would have been almost invisible to the Rebs.
Berdan's US Sharpshooters wore all Kelly Green from head to toe, they were used as skrimishers and such. Many had purchased at their commander's expense and or personal expense a lever action repeating Henry rifle that fired fully self enclosed metallic cartridges.
My family owned Valley Forge during the revolutionary war and my great grandfather from back then was the high sheriff of the 13 colonies.. We used to have buckets and closets full of gear and munitions from back then. Wish we kept some to send to y’all. We ended up donating it all to different museums around the country!
Sure they did... Keep spreading the family legend. I'm almost positive all that notoriety is exactly why no one knows who any of your family is. Don't believe everything 23 and Me tells you to make you feel important. You simply aren't.
@@mattmarzulaexactly, my mother did a 23 and Me test and it's telling her "yeah you're a descendent of Pocahontas, as well as the first settlers aboard the Mayflower". It's a nice thought to have, but after all this time through many generations it really doesn't matter anymore. Just like how everyone is related to "some Indian princess". Like yeah, you might be, but so are 20k+ people after you take into account family trees.
My great great grandfather owned the Mississippi River and used to give meticulous directions to ship captains about how to navigate the dangerous parts of the river. On their honor, they had to leave 4 doubloons worth of gold or silver in New Orleans if they reached it safely using the directions. My great great grandad died before he could collect all the gold left for him, and the family forgot about it for a hundred years, until my dad hired Nicholas Cage to help find it. He found it in a secret underground vault in the French Quarter. They’re making a movie about it in 2025 called “The Great Mississippi Treasure”.
@@mattmarzula I used to promote 23andme but recently FOUND OUT that they are selling all their information to companies....who knows what those companies will do with that info... lol
I used to work the Mississippi State Fair in the early 80s - 87. I loved Jackson. So many good people , once they realized how much I love history,I get to see some amazing private collections, and some undisturbed battlefields, being a weight guesser, made some good friends. Miss it. !!
Looks like something from San Francisco in the '60s might have been worn by Jefferson Airplane - "Volunteers of America" - a fashon item years ahead of it's time.
I really enjoyed this. I notice that you seemingly intentionally avoid the knuckle dusters in shelf 4 (2:02). Those instruments/weapons played a remarkable and violent role in close quarters battles, have been found in trenches and battlefields all throughout Civil War conflict locations, and could have been a good mention here.
Great lecture. I did a staff ride as young officer that went from Bruinsburg to Jackson. I was a young officer in the Army National Guard and the Mississippi Military Depart Historian guided us through the campaign.
This is why alot of people don't actually like museums, they only show the public such a small percentage of what they have. I like personal collections much more
My 3rd great grandfather Pvt Jefferson Sexton of the 61st Tennessee infantry regiment was wounded at Big Black River then taken into custody by the Union and treated. He died August 2nd 1863.
I grew up around Richmond' Virginia very near to drewerys bluff. My house had earth works behind it from lees retreat to lynchburg/danville. I used to dig artifacts all over the place, there where hundreds of sights that where not parks where you could dig artifacts
My thought too. I think his sheer volume is amazing. Before I saw videos with his collection and the sheer quantity he still finds, I had no sense of the horror of that war. He showed me how ugly it was.
Mississippi is my mother's homestate and where she is laid to rest. Besides my beloved Texas. My favorite state ❤️ beautiful state very rural still. Just beautiful.
My wife and I brought home a large piece of driftwood which we later stood up in a big iguana cage for decoration as well as a climbing tree. One day I noticed a shiny spec on it. We picked at it and removed a civil war era bullet. What a journey that bullet had.
Jackson, MISSISSIPPI! I lived there in Hinds County Jacskon MS. I went to Murrah high school. Chastain Middle and Mcleod Elementary 💪🏽 Graduated Jackson State University 🎓
* if Liberace were a Civil War soldier, he would've DEFINITELY worn a shirt like that one... (I can just imagine that soldier thinking to himself, "you know, those drapes and curtains would look good on my head and back"....
My old boss was joe dogrin and his ancestors invented invented that back in the day. He had the real documentation and everything! He was allowed to go on military ships Because his last name. Nice guy. He owned an auto body shop in santa barbara
I don't know if he is still alive, but if you get the chance. Look him up is a really nice guy And he will probably tell you the entire history that he was told
That is absolutely fascinating!! Your old boss was the descendant of the man who invented the Dahlgren gun (John Dahlgren), and the descendant of Ulrich Dahlgren who led the (ill-fated) raid on Richmond! Very neat! I would’ve loved to hear those family stories!
@rosescott9299 I worked with him for a few years. And my dad worked with him for about 20 I think. He was really nice guy and had very good fascinating stories about his family!
line soldiers and skirmishers were the same thing. They wore the same uniform. Typically, one company was chosen to act as skirmishers when going into a battle. This shirt was most likely made as casual around camp shirt.
One of my mom’s clients had an old cabinet that was passed down from generation to generation. It was handmade by his ancestors’ slaves! 😳 His wife was about to spray paint it one day because “it didn’t fit the vibe of the house” so he ended up giving it to us. It’s beautiful, and the slight imperfections make it even more so. One day I hope to find a museum that will take care of it and honor those who built it.
most retarded made up youtube comment i have seen latelt. yeah because i am sure the guy did not tell his wife the history of it and just totally had to get rid of a family heirloom because of his wife and her idea of "house vibes" so it would not be spraypainted, which would still be better than getting rid of it.
Awesome video! For anyone thinking this is an early form of camouflage, I’ve seen a Confederate Texas soldier image wearing a head-to-toe cheetah or leopard skin outfit. Although it could serve as camouflage, this shirt is simply “flamboyant”. Looks like milk glass buttons.
I’m curious who gets to enjoy items if they are locked up? Do you need to be in a special group or know a certain password? I know Smithsonian has many items nobody ever sees. I wonder who has the power to let us know what we are permitted to look at.
@@robertwhite1181 the key word here is BOTTLENECKED cartridges. I'm not arguing the fact that there was STRAIGHTWALLED brass cartridges then, just BOTTLENECKED ones. They did not exist in the 1860's.
Drapes amd window coverings? Reminds me of that old Carol Burnett show episode where they're doing a take off of Gone with the Wind. Carol comes down a staircase wearing what is obviously drapes including the curtain rod across the the back of her neck. she says, "I saw it hanging in the window and I just had to have it."
I love Civil War museums but when museums try to tell too many stories they end up not doing a really good job at telling any of them. That's just the sad truth...
I wonder if that shirt wasn't an early version of camo, I think he saw those drapes and thought "that might help me blend into the brush better and get shot at less,I'm gonna get the tailor to make me a shirt out of it"
I find shirt very interesting although I did thought it was a BDU! Seriously I think it was a curtain of the window. The fellow must been really proud of this shirt to show off. I'm really impressed about this collection full of very interesting interesting artifacts, good job 👏 👍
I Think this wasn't just a fancy shirt but a early version of woodland camo or a civil war version of a real tree pattern of some sort. The center of the "shirt" looks at if it was a outline of a tree trunk. The leaves on the pattern only make sense.
Hope you are right about the owner of Champion Hill. I heard the National Park Service had purchased Champion Hill and would not allow the public access to the battlefield since the land wasn't developed for visitors. I heard the family that owns Champion Hill would allow camping on their battlefield for a donation or gift.
On the Carol Burnett Show circa 1970's the had Carol spoofing Gone With The Wind as Scarlett O'Hara utilizing similar colored green drapes to make a dress
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At first glance I thought you were going to tell me it was an early attempt at a camouflage uniform
That's what I thought.
Same here 😂
Me too. It would have worked as camo.
Same! Couldn't wait to hear how one guy decimated a whole regiment while camouflaged like a sofa.
@MrJeffcoley1 it is camouflage. Dude was disguised as a window
From Carol Burnett's Went with the Wind “Thank you! I saw it in the window and I just couldn’t resist it.”
First thing I thought of.
Same here
I saw Carol’s curtain outfit in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in DC, in its own special case. It’s that iconic!
HILARIOUS 😂
Yep. 'Starlet' O'Hara. Hilarious. First thing I thought of when I saw the shirt.
The shirt with it's green floral pattern makes it one of the first camouflage shirts used .
I was curious if that was his idea behind it
I made a similar comment and RUclips removed in saying that it violated community standards!
LOL... I was thinking the same thing.
@@lewisward4359
That'd be right
@@hodaka1000 Why would my statement violate the standards? I said something like "original camouflage?"
You’re very lucky to be able to get up close and personal with these artifacts.
I love civil war relics.
I'm lucky enough to live on property the South had a rail on. I keep wearing out metal detectors. Look up the Camden campaign. I'm in the middle where the south sent the north packing with their tails tucked.
The way American politics is going, you'll soon have the chance to get up close and personal with a load of new civil war artifacts.
@@user-f44hil126ylI Yes, January 6th was just people being alarmist. The mob didn't want to overthrow the government.
@@user-f44hil126ylIright?
@@johncraskea cowards expectations and an impotent man's wet dream... Don't worry little guy. People like me are ensuring that the country doesn't fall into civil war.
The shirt is amazing. 'One of one' indeed!
While I'm a Federal reenactor, I'm VERY glad that Mississippi was able to find and preserve this unique bit of soldier-craft.
And it fades out rather like ACU/OCP!
pershing pilled
I love how that guy came to visit just for the window pun. Great production. Thanks for sharing.
From central PA; we lived close to Gettysburg and visited multiple times. It surprises me how many people, in 2023, are STILL pulling civil war ammunition out of the ground. It is VERY common to find balls still. If that doesn't speak to how very many were FIRED I don't know what does. Hey, let's NOT do that AGAIN. I LOVE that jacket!! I'd wear it! and yes, I called "curtains". But that's NICE!!! Look at the detail!! I understand why he grabbed the curtains!!!!! LOL Fabric is fabric! I have kirtles (medieval underdress) made with "found" fabric. (curtains, tablecloths, bed linens) Such a beautiful piece!
8:35 That civil war camouflage was next level! 😂
The drapes shirt is literally a hunting shirt. Imagine if his whole unit was wearing this fabric and leaf pattern, they would have been almost invisible to the Rebs.
No lol
Would have been a lot brighter in colour 160 years ago.
*As Carol Burnett said in her spoof of Gone With The Wind "I saw it in the window and I couldn't resist it!"*
Great minds think alike 😂
Berdan's US Sharpshooters wore all Kelly Green from head to toe, they were used as skrimishers and such. Many had purchased at their commander's expense and or personal expense a lever action repeating Henry rifle that fired fully self enclosed metallic cartridges.
My family owned Valley Forge during the revolutionary war and my great grandfather from back then was the high sheriff of the 13 colonies.. We used to have buckets and closets full of gear and munitions from back then. Wish we kept some to send to y’all. We ended up donating it all to different museums around the country!
Sure they did... Keep spreading the family legend. I'm almost positive all that notoriety is exactly why no one knows who any of your family is. Don't believe everything 23 and Me tells you to make you feel important. You simply aren't.
@@mattmarzulaexactly, my mother did a 23 and Me test and it's telling her "yeah you're a descendent of Pocahontas, as well as the first settlers aboard the Mayflower". It's a nice thought to have, but after all this time through many generations it really doesn't matter anymore. Just like how everyone is related to "some Indian princess". Like yeah, you might be, but so are 20k+ people after you take into account family trees.
My great great grandfather owned the Mississippi River and used to give meticulous directions to ship captains about how to navigate the dangerous parts of the river. On their honor, they had to leave 4 doubloons worth of gold or silver in New Orleans if they reached it safely using the directions. My great great grandad died before he could collect all the gold left for him, and the family forgot about it for a hundred years, until my dad hired Nicholas Cage to help find it. He found it in a secret underground vault in the French Quarter. They’re making a movie about it in 2025 called “The Great Mississippi Treasure”.
@@mattmarzula I used to promote 23andme but recently FOUND OUT that they are selling all their information to companies....who knows what those companies will do with that info... lol
@@mattmarzulaYou write like a redditor who just lost an argument
Thank you for working hard to protect those artifacts.
I used to work the Mississippi State Fair in the early 80s - 87. I loved Jackson. So many good people , once they realized how much I love history,I get to see some amazing private collections, and some undisturbed battlefields, being a
weight guesser, made some good friends. Miss it. !!
Thanks Kris . The shirt was an amazing artifact as made from the drapes of the old Capital. The Flag was in awesome shape. Thanks for sharing.
💯👍👊
Draperies* drapes is a verb not a noun 🤷♂️
@@chuckdavinci9044 a English scholar no doubt.
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@@terryeustice5399 an*
Looks like something from San Francisco in the '60s might have been worn by Jefferson Airplane - "Volunteers of America" - a fashon item years ahead of it's time.
I really enjoyed this. I notice that you seemingly intentionally avoid the knuckle dusters in shelf 4 (2:02). Those instruments/weapons played a remarkable and violent role in close quarters battles, have been found in trenches and battlefields all throughout Civil War conflict locations, and could have been a good mention here.
Good eye …
They look like they could be wooden just based on the color. Very interesting.
I saw those too. They may have been ww1 era along with the cartridge cases and artillery cases hence why he may not have mentioned them.
ya cuz youtube woulda fucced him in da butt
This was the model for the Army ACU that Soldiers started wearing in the early 2000s.
Joking of course. But actually looks remarkably similar
There isn’t enough pink in it to be ACU 😂
@@brockd1218 Oh, that's well played sir! Well played. Haha!!
“I just saw it in the window, and had to have it.”
For second I thought that was a camouflage uniform from the Civil War which made no sense. But reading the other comments I’m not alone. Pretty cool!
Great lecture. I did a staff ride as young officer that went from Bruinsburg to Jackson. I was a young officer in the Army National Guard and the Mississippi Military Depart Historian guided us through the campaign.
This is why alot of people don't actually like museums, they only show the public such a small percentage of what they have. I like personal collections much more
My 3rd great grandfather Pvt Jefferson Sexton of the 61st Tennessee infantry regiment was wounded at Big Black River then taken into custody by the Union and treated. He died August 2nd 1863.
Is he your only confederate ancestor?
@@SLG-jt1rd That I know of.
Have you visited his gravesite?
@@provost5752 I have multiple myself
@garkmr6200 I haven't but want to. He's buried in Jefferson Barracks MO. I hope to go one day and also go to Vicksburg.
Commanding Officer - "Davis, that shirt certainly is unique!"
Davis - "This old thing, Sir?
It's just something I saw hanging in a window downtown"...
I had a number of ancestors in Co. G, 56th GA INF at Champion Hill. I need to visit.
Nice video!
All I can think of is that skit from "The Carol Burnett Show".
I have an ancestor who was killed at Champion Hill. Irish parents came over in 1840 and lost their only son during the Civil War.
So did he have a child?
I grew up around Richmond' Virginia very near to drewerys bluff. My house had earth works behind it from lees retreat to lynchburg/danville. I used to dig artifacts all over the place, there where hundreds of sights that where not parks where you could dig artifacts
Some of the furniture you walked by deserves its own video.
Thank you. Always something new to learn.
Great video. Thanks for doing all that you do
You guys have almost as many relics as Aquachigger! Impressive
My thought too. I think his sheer volume is amazing. Before I saw videos with his collection and the sheer quantity he still finds, I had no sense of the horror of that war. He showed me how ugly it was.
He saw it in the window and just had to have it!
How fun that he chose to take the curtains fabric just as Scarlett O'Hara did, and create a beautiful piece of clothing from it.
I had a similar thought. I was like "omg he pulled a Scarlet!"
Mississippi is my mother's homestate and where she is laid to rest. Besides my beloved Texas. My favorite state ❤️ beautiful state very rural still. Just beautiful.
OG Digital camo! No wonder he survived... A hit with the ladies in the bar too!!! 😂
Thank you again for the great history lesson👍
Every video delivers. Thank you. 🖤
My wife and I brought home a large piece of driftwood which we later stood up in a big iguana cage for decoration as well as a climbing tree. One day I noticed a shiny spec on it. We picked at it and removed a civil war era bullet. What a journey that bullet had.
Jackson, MISSISSIPPI! I lived there in Hinds County Jacskon MS.
I went to Murrah high school. Chastain Middle and Mcleod Elementary 💪🏽
Graduated Jackson State University 🎓
Anyone else thinking of the carol burnett gone with the wind parody where she has the curtain dress with the curtain rod still in it
Gee, wonder if the drappery thief is an ancestor of Carol Burnett
The Union Soldier probably got the Idea from Scarlet O'Hara, from Gone With The Wind !
Something tells me the soldier that wanted the shirt made out of drapes may have been a little…..fancy.
Àgree. I just can't imagine a tough macho type seeing curtains & thinking "I must have that pattern to wear!"
Tremendous presentation, Kris!
Great tour!
Can the public have access to the "extra" stuff you are showing?
Its incredible that the government buildings then and STILL have more expensive furnishings than your average person!
The shirt is a remarkable find! Incredible!
* if Liberace were a Civil War soldier, he would've DEFINITELY worn a shirt like that one...
(I can just imagine that soldier thinking to himself, "you know, those drapes and curtains would look good on my head and back"....
You're in Mississippi...... I'd suggest it is War Between the States history.
My old boss was joe dogrin and his ancestors invented invented that back in the day. He had the real documentation and everything! He was allowed to go on military ships Because his last name. Nice guy. He owned an auto body shop in santa barbara
I don't know if he is still alive, but if you get the chance. Look him up is a really nice guy And he will probably tell you the entire history that he was told
I was told from him that they invented the dogrin gun
That is absolutely fascinating!! Your old boss was the descendant of the man who invented the Dahlgren gun (John Dahlgren), and the descendant of Ulrich Dahlgren who led the (ill-fated) raid on Richmond! Very neat! I would’ve loved to hear those family stories!
@rosescott9299 I worked with him for a few years. And my dad worked with him for about 20 I think. He was really nice guy and had very good fascinating stories about his family!
So, the Scarlet O'Hara dress made from drapes was not that much of a movie fantasy! 🤣
Hang on a second I vaguely remember a "Gone with Wind" skit by Carol Burnett and she wears the drapes! LOLOL
So surreal and incredible; no more words!
Excellent collection and video. 7:09 - 10:16 was this shirt used by a line soldier or a skirmisher who might have used it as a camouflage shirt?
line soldiers and skirmishers were the same thing. They wore the same uniform. Typically, one company was chosen to act as skirmishers when going into a battle. This shirt was most likely made as casual around camp shirt.
It's🤔oK, but I like Scarletts look better as it was a complete masterpiece of visionary artistic triumph~
A real life Gone With the Wind piece of clothing!
One of my mom’s clients had an old cabinet that was passed down from generation to generation. It was handmade by his ancestors’ slaves! 😳
His wife was about to spray paint it one day because “it didn’t fit the vibe of the house” so he ended up giving it to us.
It’s beautiful, and the slight imperfections make it even more so. One day I hope to find a museum that will take care of it and honor those who built it.
most retarded made up youtube comment i have seen latelt. yeah because i am sure the guy did not tell his wife the history of it and just totally had to get rid of a family heirloom because of his wife and her idea of "house vibes" so it would not be spraypainted, which would still be better than getting rid of it.
And there ya have it. A rug sewed up to look like a shirt. Historic I'm tellin ya. 😉👍
I live the dude on the back laughing 9:10
Awesome video! For anyone thinking this is an early form of camouflage, I’ve seen a Confederate Texas soldier image wearing a head-to-toe cheetah or leopard skin outfit. Although it could serve as camouflage, this shirt is simply “flamboyant”. Looks like milk glass buttons.
Must be where the Army came up with the ACU pattern
That dude grinning in the background...😂
Amazing!
That shirt would have worked as decent camouflage.
Very cool video! Thanks for the little tour.
The soldier had a real Scarlett O'Hara moment, making a shirt out of the drapes 😉
He saw it in the window and just couldn't resist. ~ The Carol Burnett Show
It's reminiscent of when Maria made clothes for the von Trapp children from drape material in The Sound of Music.
very cool!
Thank you, that was great history and I enjoyed watching
I’m curious who gets to enjoy items if they are locked up? Do you need to be in a special group or know a certain password? I know Smithsonian has many items nobody ever sees. I wonder who has the power to let us know what we are permitted to look at.
You'd be surprised at what's HIDDEN from us.
Very cool stuff Kris! Thank you!! 👏👏👏
Great work sir
That shirt was the prototype for camouflage uniforms.
So very 'Gone With The Wind' so very interesting.
Dude just go to the civil war park in Vicksburg, love goin there. Very top overlooks the river
Please explain the existance of what looks like modern primed brass among the Civil War bullets.
I agree! Bottleneck cartridges did come into existence until years after the Civil War.
There were Sharps repeating rifles used by 1863. They used brass cartridges.
@@robertwhite1181 the key word here is BOTTLENECKED cartridges. I'm not arguing the fact that there was STRAIGHTWALLED brass cartridges then, just BOTTLENECKED ones. They did not exist in the 1860's.
i am also curious as to their presence - b o t t l e n e c k e d - they sorts look like 30-06 or 300 win-mag
i could watch this for HOURS
11:36 good to see it’s come home!
"Nice jacket, who shot the couch?"
Drapes amd window coverings? Reminds me of that old Carol Burnett show episode where they're doing a take off of Gone with the Wind. Carol comes down a staircase wearing what is obviously drapes including the curtain rod across the the back of her neck. she says, "I saw it hanging in the window and I just had to have it."
I love Civil War museums but when museums try to tell too many stories they end up not doing a really good job at telling any of them. That's just the sad truth...
True! This presenter is clearly passionate and knowledgeable but he doesn't need to waste time explaining what a museum is.
I wonder if that shirt wasn't an early version of camo, I think he saw those drapes and thought "that might help me blend into the brush better and get shot at less,I'm gonna get the tailor to make me a shirt out of it"
I find shirt very interesting although I did thought it was a BDU! Seriously I think it was a curtain of the window. The fellow must been really proud of this shirt to show off. I'm really impressed about this collection full of very interesting interesting artifacts, good job 👏 👍
One of one artifacts are real, legendary relics
one of one? just as rare as every corvette ever made
I see where Toxey got his inspiration from.
I Think this wasn't just a fancy shirt but a early version of woodland camo or a civil war version of a real tree pattern of some sort. The center of the "shirt" looks at if it was a outline of a tree trunk. The leaves on the pattern only make sense.
Hope you are right about the owner of Champion Hill. I heard the National Park Service had purchased Champion Hill and would not allow the public access to the battlefield since the land wasn't developed for visitors.
I heard the family that owns Champion Hill would allow camping on their battlefield for a donation or gift.
So interesting! Thanks!🇺🇸
Looks like someone needed a heavier shirt . Probably no material around so made it from the drape curtains.
May God bless everyone!❤
OMG my curtains match that perfectly. Same exact pattern….
Dude you're look is eerily similar to Dr. Grande on YT. It's actually a very striking resemblance!
Thanks👍that was really neat🇺🇸
Wow! Amazing piece!
On the Carol Burnett Show circa 1970's the had Carol spoofing Gone With The Wind as Scarlett O'Hara utilizing similar colored green drapes to make a dress
I saw it in the window and I couldn't resist.