Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught high school history in the US and UK until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013.Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment, he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s. He has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, earning an international reputation. He has illustrated more than 50 Osprey Publishing books.

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• MISSOURI: Volunteer militia; Missouri State Guard; Volunteers and guerrillas; Military suppliers; Insignia; Arms and equipageKENTUCKY: Antebellum militia; Kentucky State Guard; Volunteer forces 1861–63; Military suppliers; Arms and equipageMARYLAND: Antebellum militia; Maryland volunteers; Maryland Zouaves; Military suppliers; Arms and equipageCOMMENTARIES · INDEX

Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught high school history in the US and UK until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013.Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment, he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s. He has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, earning an international reputation. He has illustrated more than 50 Osprey Publishing books.

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• MISSOURI: Volunteer militia; Missouri State Guard; Volunteers and guerrillas; Military suppliers; Insignia; Arms and equipageKENTUCKY: Antebellum militia; Kentucky State Guard; Volunteer forces 1861–63; Military suppliers; Arms and equipageMARYLAND: Antebellum militia; Maryland volunteers; Maryland Zouaves; Military suppliers; Arms and equipageCOMMENTARIES · INDEX