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Find below photos of a new style of CS trousers we will be adding to the catalog this week. These are based directly on a pair worn by private Samuel Wilson, Company C, 6th Alabama Infantry. Family tradition holds that Wilson was wounded at Gettysburg and recuperated at Wayside Hospital/General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond until his discharge for disability in August 1863. Wilson would remain in the hospital until Oct. 10th when he received his back pay and clothing account balance, minus $29.30 in "clothing assistance" and a sum likely stolen by the pay clerk (there is approximately a $5 discrepancy on Wilson's final pay voucher!). The clothing referred to on the pay voucher likely included Wilson's unusual trousers and a hickory stripe shirt.
The original pair is made from a brown colored wool/cotton jeancloth with osnaburg pocketing and interior facings. The remaining buttons are white bone and all thread used throughout for the machine and hand sewing is natural white cotton. The trousers are very heavily machine sewn, usual for Confederate trousers but not completely unheard of. A nearly identical pair in mustard-tan satinet resides in a suburban Chicago collection and a third pair sharing some characteristics with the others was worn by Major Benjamin Green, CS Engineers. The similarities in pattern and construction methods lead us to believe that all three pairs may have originated from the same manufacturer, but which one is a mystery.
While the sample pair of "Wilson" trousers seen here are cut from our sheep's gray on tan jeancloth, all future pairs made in this fashion will utilize our mixed brown on tan jeancloth unless otherwise specified. We are pleased to offer these interesting trousers as an alternative to the "Richmond Depot" style and will be adding them to the catalog this coming week.
Find below photos of a new style of CS trousers we will be adding to the catalog this week. These are based directly on a pair worn by private Samuel Wilson, Company C, 6th Alabama Infantry. Family tradition holds that Wilson was wounded at Gettysburg and recuperated at Wayside Hospital/General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond until his discharge for disability in August 1863. Wilson would remain in the hospital until Oct. 10th when he received his back pay and clothing account balance, minus $29.30 in "clothing assistance" and a sum likely stolen by the pay clerk (there is approximately a $5 discrepancy on Wilson's final pay voucher!). The clothing referred to on the pay voucher likely included Wilson's unusual trousers and a hickory stripe shirt.
The original pair is made from a brown colored wool/cotton jeancloth with osnaburg pocketing and interior facings. The remaining buttons are white bone and all thread used throughout for the machine and hand sewing is natural white cotton. The trousers are very heavily machine sewn, usual for Confederate trousers but not completely unheard of. A nearly identical pair in mustard-tan satinet resides in a suburban Chicago collection and a third pair sharing some characteristics with the others was worn by Major Benjamin Green, CS Engineers. The similarities in pattern and construction methods lead us to believe that all three pairs may have originated from the same manufacturer, but which one is a mystery.
While the sample pair of "Wilson" trousers seen here are cut from our sheep's gray on tan jeancloth, all future pairs made in this fashion will utilize our mixed brown on tan jeancloth unless otherwise specified. We are pleased to offer these interesting trousers as an alternative to the "Richmond Depot" style and will be adding them to the catalog this coming week.
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