The following is an excerpt from Tom Arliskas’ new project, a booklet on Secession and Patriotic Cockades 1860-1865 to be published soon by the West Side Soldiers Aid Society of Milwaukee.  All proceeds will go towards their mission of preserving the history of the Midwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and supporting activities for today’s service members and veterans . The booklet will contain a history of cockades in American starting in 1775 and will continue to the Civil War era of 1860 to 1865 - the time of the Secession Crisis and the Civil War.  Tom is the author of "Cadet Gray and Butternut Brown, Notes on Confederate Uniforms".     <<Full Story >>        

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