Huts and History: The Historical Archaeology of Military Encampment During the American Civil War

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Clarence R. Geier David G. Orr

Huts and History

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The Historical Archaeology of Military Encampment During the American Civil War

Clarence R. Geier, David G. Orr, Matthew B. Reeves

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English

University Press of Florida
09 December 2025

Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; American Civil War; Landscape archaeology; Battles & campaigns

Exploring Civil War camp sites and the lives of the soldiers who lived in them

The American Civil War soldier, confined much of the time to his camp, suffered from boredom and sickness. Encampment was not only tedious but detrimental to his health; far more soldiers died of diseases from sharing close quarters with their comrades than from wounds on the battlefield. Until now, archaeologists have concentrated their study on the battle sites and overlooked the importance of the camps. This edited collection is the first dedicated to the archaeology of Civil War encampments. The authors contend that intensive study to interpret and preserve these sites will help to ensure their protection as well as expand our understanding of the 19th-century soldier’s life.

Whether they mobilized tens of thousands of men for training or taught maneuvers to smaller groups, encampments are significant in several ways: as “cultural landscapes” characterized by architectural features, as socially and politically organized “mobile communities,” and as infrastructures created to support soldiers’ needs. The authors’ techniques can be applied to camps not only of the Civil War but the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Indian campaign.

Edited by: Clarence R. Geier, David G. Orr, Matthew B. Reeves
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780813081359
ISBN 10: 0813081351
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 09 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clarence Geier, professor of anthropology at James Madison University, is the author of Archaeological Perspectives on the American Civil War (UPF, 2001) and Look to the Earth: Historic Archaeology and the American Civil War. David Orr is senior regional archaeologist for the National Park Service’s Northeast region and research professor of anthropology at Temple University. He has written extensively on topics in historical archaeology and contributed most recently to Archaeology and the Muses. Matthew Reeves is director of archaeology for the Montpelier Foundation and adjunct associate professor of anthropology at James Madison University. He is a contributor to Places in Mind: Archaeology as Applied Anthropology.

Reviews for Huts and History: The Historical Archaeology of Military Encampment During the American Civil War

""Not only plumbs the fascinating history of encampments, it establishes new models for their study, emphasizing innovative and non-traditional methods to delve into the data sets that really give us insight into a soldier's life in the field.""