Does anyone have any tips or advice on how to bring the fashion of this era into an integrated modern styling? I've been looking everywhere and can't find anything. I can't be the only one interested in this.
Edit: Thank you everyone! But I probably should have added this before, that I'm looking for men's fashion from that time but modernized for everyday life/getting dressed up. I don't think a corset would be a good idea for me. Though my wife makes dresses and cosplays, so I will pass some of those things off to her. She has actually already made me a Continental officer coat already that I wear a lot.
That is, did anyone ever forgo swords and pistols and propose a fist fight? Would that be uncivilized or unfair?
I’ve heard about Lincoln choosing the swords because his reach advantage, but if I was going against a great marksman/swordsman it would make sense to want a stand up fist fight to minimize risk.
General Edward Canby in the California Modoc Wars 1872-73. Commander in the Pacific Northwest.
The Modoc had lived near The Lava Beds in northeastern California. Forced to move to a reservation in Oregon which they had to share with their historical enemies, the Klamath tribe, they had pled with the US government to return to California. When the US refused, the Modoc left the reservation and returned illegally. In 1872, the US Army went to fight against them to force them back and the Modoc War broke out.
The Modoc people all had native names that were difficult to pronounce, so over time they were given names like Boston Charley, Hooker Jim, and Steamboat Frank. The leader and shaman of the tribe was named Kientpoos, and he was called Captain Jack.
In the first major battle, 400 US soldiers (including cavalry and howitzer units) attacked Captain Jack and his 52 Modoc Warriors.
Undaunted by Captain Jack’s strong defensive position, Lt. Col. Frank Wheaton, the Army’s local commanding officer, had wrote that he fully expected that a day’s battle would “make short work of this impudent and enterprising savage.”
The Modoc took advantage of the lava ridges, cracks, depressions, and caves, all such natural features being ideal from the standpoint of defense. Tule Lake bounded the Stronghold on the north and served as a source of water. The Modoc repulsed troops advancing from the west and east.
The U.S. Army lost 35 men killed and 25 enlisted men wounded (and then retreated). Captain Jack's Modoc suffered no casualties.
Chastened by the defeat, Wheaton, who had commanded troops in the civil war, wrote, “I have never before encountered an enemy, civilized or savage, occupying a position of such great natural strength as the Modoc stronghold, nor have I ever seen troops engage a better-armed or more skillful foe.”
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The Army withdrew and decided to try and negotiate a treaty. But the Modoc didn't think they would compromise and believed that if the Americans lost their leaders, the Army would leave- and so plotted to kill them.
Captain Jack had been reluctant to agree to the killings, believing it "coward's work", but was pressured by other warriors to agree. He insisted on being given another
... keep reading on reddit ➡Sorry for going so blunt with the title. I myself am Pakistani. While there is “traditional dress”, the full-on versions of that dress is reserved for events and the such. Instead men and women in South Asia have modernized versions of traditional clothing that is accepted as everyday use. The women have waaaaaay more options than men, and I’m sure you have an idea or something that comes to mind when you think South Asian dresses.
But men aren’t very limited either, and don’t often wear button-downs and ties and the sorts, because there are some pretty snazzy alternatives that aren’t too distracting or need to be kept for events and nights out. This, this, this, etc. There are definitely a few more styles, and amped up versions for events as well as comfy versions for sleeping.
However, everything I’ve seen regarding Russian fashion has been an all-or-nothing sort of thing. Most Russian traditional dress for men and women seem to be out-of-place from whatever I’ve absorbed from entertainment and how people look on the street in Russia. The kosovorotka would actually fly in Pakistan, but even that seems excessive for Russia. Is this really the case, or am I missing something?
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I'm interested in learning more about how people felt about England, taxes, the situation in the colonies, etc. before 1776. I've come to this group to ask for recommendations/suggestions for reading and other sources of information.
Essentially I really want to know if the people living in the colonies were dissatisfied and thinking/talking about a full blown revolution for years - or if things reached a boiling point in 1776.
Is there some book or resource that talks about the social/economic/political climate in the colonies earlier in the 1770s? Or, if applicable, even earlier than 1770?
Thank you very much.
Commander in the Pacific Northwest, General Edward Canby in the California Modoc Wars 1872-73.
The Modoc had lived near The Lava Beds in northeastern California. They had been previously forced out a decade before by settlers and then soldiers. Forced into sharing a seperate reservation with the Klamath in Southern Oregon. They had asked for a separate reservation but after waiting years rhe US would not comply.
The Modoc people all had native names that were difficult to pronounce, so over time they were given names like Boston Charley, Hooker Jim, and Steamboat Frank. The leader and shaman of the tribe was named Kientpoos, and he was called Captain Jack.
In the first major battle, 400 US soldiers (including Calvary and Howitzer units) attacked Captain Jack and his 52 Modoc Warriors.
Undaunted by Captain Jack’s strong defensive position, Lt. Col. Frank Wheaton, the Army’s local commanding officer, had wrote that he fully expected that a day’s battle would “make short work of this impudent and enterprising savage.”
The U.S. Army lost 35 men killed, 25 enlisted men wounded, and then retreated. Captain Jack's Modoc suffered no casualties.
Chastened by the defeat, Wheaton, who had commanded troops in the civil war, wrote, “I have never before encountered an enemy, civilized or savage, occupying a position of such great natural strength as the Modoc stronghold, nor have I ever seen troops engage a better-armed or more skillful foe.”
The Army withdrew and decided to try and negotiate a treaty. The Modoc believed that if the Americans lost their leaders, the Army would leave.
When the negotiators showed up and told the Modocs that they had to return to the reservation "or else", the Modocs shot them and they escaped.
Captain Jacks first shot killed General Canby.
Nine days later Captain Jack and his band attacked the 12th Infantry Division killing 24 soldiers and wounding 17. Eventually, the military began to capture the Modoc one by one. Then, when they captured Hooker Jim, they hit the jackpot when he offered to take the U.S. Army to the cave where Jack was hiding.
Captian Jack was captured and the Modoc lost the war. After brief trials, Captain Jack was found guilty of war crimes—a charge unique in all of the Indian Wars.
SCOTUS* ruled "Indians", were not entitled to be considered lawful combatants and Jack was hung.
> 'All the laws and customs of civilized warfare,' the Court opined, 'may not be applicable to an armed conflict to Indi
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