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Re: Columbus Depot Buttons
[QUOTE=Jimmayo;111811]I would not be 100% sure that any button on a surviving jacket is original. Too much time and reunions have passed since the war ended. Remember immediatly after the war, the US authorities made CS soldiers remove any button associated with the Confederate army from their clothing. I don't know if this applied to eagle buttons or not. It is something to consider. Period pictures provide the best evidence of uniform button use.
Thanks Jim! This gets to the root of my original question...
We also cannot be sure that the CD used buttons because the Richmond Depot did. It is very hard to tell from pictures and it might be one of those gray areas where we can get pretty close to what we think and be accurate for our impression as we could replace buttons just as easily as they did. Is there a change in trouser buttons or chin strap buttons comming out of the depots as the war progresses?
[QUOTE=Jimmayo;111811]I would not be 100% sure that any button on a surviving jacket is original. Too much time and reunions have passed since the war ended. Remember immediatly after the war, the US authorities made CS soldiers remove any button associated with the Confederate army from their clothing. I don't know if this applied to eagle buttons or not. It is something to consider. Period pictures provide the best evidence of uniform button use.
Thanks Jim! This gets to the root of my original question...
We also cannot be sure that the CD used buttons because the Richmond Depot did. It is very hard to tell from pictures and it might be one of those gray areas where we can get pretty close to what we think and be accurate for our impression as we could replace buttons just as easily as they did. Is there a change in trouser buttons or chin strap buttons comming out of the depots as the war progresses?
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