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    Pards,
    Here is an article I wrote some time ago on English Issued uniforms and the 27th North Carolina. It is on the Liberty Rifles website but I figured I would put it here for guys to take a look at. Any feedback is welcome.
    It can be seen here: http://www.libertyrifles.org/research/englishcloth.html
    Regards,
    Last edited by 27thNCdrummer; 05-29-2008, 05:10 PM.
    Andrew Turner
    Co.D 27th NCT
    Liberty Rifles

    "Well, by God, I’ll take my men in and if they outflank me I’ll face my men about and cut my way out. Forward, men!” Gen. John R. Cooke at Bristoe Station,VA

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    Re: Article on English Uniforms

    Thanks for sharing - I enjoyed the article and have added the LR's website to My Favorites - I want to check out the other research articles that are there too.

    Kindest Rgards,
    [FONT="Georgia"][I]Marc Averill[/I]
    Dirigo Grays
    CWT[/FONT]

    [I][COLOR="Blue"]"Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal." [/COLOR][/I]
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      Hi,

      Thanks for the article; I am really interested in the use of English equipment and cloth in the Civil War.
      Andrew Kasmar

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      • #4
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        Good article! you have got me interested in seeing if my NC unit recieved uniforms made of te English kersey
        Taylor McCullen

        51st NC Co.K

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          GREAT ARTICLE...Man I wish you were in my unit!

          Paul B.
          Paul B. Boulden Jr.


          RAH VA MIL '04
          (Loblolly Mess)
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          • #6
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            Does this look like a wool uniform? It has wood buttons. Take a look at this picture from near the Rose farm.

            Thought it may be interesting.
            Attached Files
            Jim Mayo
            Portsmouth Rifles, Company G, 9th Va. Inf.

            CW Show and Tell Site
            http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/j_mayo/index.html

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              Nice job. Thanks for the info. I have forebears sprinkled through several N.C. regiments, and this helps out a great deal with the begining research to put my impression together. Thanks again.

              Your humble servant....
              Sean Collicott
              Last edited by lambrew; 05-30-2008, 11:03 AM. Reason: spell check.
              Your humble servant....
              Sean Collicott
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              • #8
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                This is a good article. Do you happen to know how much of the material came in on that shipment. I am wondering how many total jackets/pants could have been produced with that initial shipment.
                Rob Bruno
                1st MD Cav
                Rob Bruno
                1st MD Cav
                http://1stmarylandcavalry.com

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                  Not to detract from the initial shipment information, but I once heard (forgive me, it was years ago in passing so the details aren't all there) that in a photograph in a private collection, you can clearly see a Tait or Tait style jacket. I can't remember if the person talking about it said it was a solid collar type or trimmed w/ epaulettes. The kicker is that the time period is post Antietam ANV, and by post I mean a matter of weeks.

                  Has anyone heard anything on this?

                  Its been in the back of my mind for quite some time and that's all the information I can recall. I know that returns and whatnot tell a different story but I can't help but be intrigued by remotely plausible myths every now and again.


                  All the best,
                  [B]Mr. Courtney Micker[/B]


                  "It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it."

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                  • #10
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                    Nicely written, however, I have a question. In the article it is stated, “The “Advance” arrived in Wilmington, NC on August 17…” “When the fabric arrived in NC it was quickly made part of the trade with the Richmond Clothing Bureau. When the cloth arrived in Richmond it was made into Richmond Depot Type II Jackets with Confederate wooden buttons and Richmond Depot Trousers. These new articles of clothing were issued to the 27th on October 8th while encamped near Gordonsville, Va.” Given time to catalog, ship, cut, farm out to local ladies to sew, collect, and ship to the troops in the field, would a 50 +/-day turn around time be reasonable?
                    Rich Taddeo
                    Shocker Mess
                    "Don't do it, you're going to get hurt." Jerry Stiles @ Sky Meadows moments before I fell and broke my leg.

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                      Rich,
                      I was perplexed by the exact arrival date of the cloth as well and the turn around time to send it to Richmond. There were several other shipments of cloth and other goods before and after August 17th but that date seemed logical to me .I have the Advance's manifests from it's arrivals in Wilmington that I will try to post soon.
                      Andrew Turner
                      Co.D 27th NCT
                      Liberty Rifles

                      "Well, by God, I’ll take my men in and if they outflank me I’ll face my men about and cut my way out. Forward, men!” Gen. John R. Cooke at Bristoe Station,VA

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