At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy had an overwhelming need to supply their armies with uniforms, arms and field equipment. Suppliers to the Confederacy II tells the story of the two men who gambled on the new nation and assured that the Confederate armies remained in the field until the end. With research based on original invoices from the McRae Papers and other extensive archives and new photographs of the surviving uniforms and buttons provided by Tait, Suppliers to the Confederacy II is a complete look at the lives of the men who supplied the Confederacy with the means to fight for their independence.