Civil War Woodworking by A.J. Hamler is a book that incorporates information on the history of wooden items used during the Civil War, as well as plans for creating authentic reproductions of 17 of the items, ranging from a hardtack crate to an officer’s field desk. The author is both a Civil War reenactor and a woodworker (with an article in the April 2010 Woodworker’s Journal on countersinks). Civil War Woodworking is published by Linden Publishing (ISBN 978-1933502-28-1) and priced at $24.95.
