Gents,
Went by the University of Mississippi Museum today to look at the shell jacket of Pvt. William D. Howell, Co. I 3rd Mississippi Cavalry. Pvt. Howell was KIA at the battle of Ezra Church in July 1864 at the age of 18. According to info at the University, the jacket was made by his mother here in Lafayette County MS, and kept after the war by his sister.
Notes on the Jacket:
8 button front (U.S. Rifleman Buttons)
4 buttons on cuffs (small Rifleman buttons)
two pockets on either side of the body.
The material is a dark lead color jean cloth.
Also in the case across the room, was a scrap of material said to be from the uniform of a man named Edwin D. Seal, and was donated by his niece, who was from Norfolk VA. Now after a search, I found a Edwin D. Seal in Co. G of the 6th VA Inf., a Norfolk regiment. The material is gray-blue and 100% wool, which is why I think it's imported English Army Cloth.
I'm going to try and get some pics in the next few days.
Will MacDonald
Went by the University of Mississippi Museum today to look at the shell jacket of Pvt. William D. Howell, Co. I 3rd Mississippi Cavalry. Pvt. Howell was KIA at the battle of Ezra Church in July 1864 at the age of 18. According to info at the University, the jacket was made by his mother here in Lafayette County MS, and kept after the war by his sister.
Notes on the Jacket:
8 button front (U.S. Rifleman Buttons)
4 buttons on cuffs (small Rifleman buttons)
two pockets on either side of the body.
The material is a dark lead color jean cloth.
Also in the case across the room, was a scrap of material said to be from the uniform of a man named Edwin D. Seal, and was donated by his niece, who was from Norfolk VA. Now after a search, I found a Edwin D. Seal in Co. G of the 6th VA Inf., a Norfolk regiment. The material is gray-blue and 100% wool, which is why I think it's imported English Army Cloth.
I'm going to try and get some pics in the next few days.
Will MacDonald
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