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Re: Description of "Blue Miners shirt" ? 1st Michigan Infantry 3 months
Jeremy, I must respectfully disagree. The 1st Three Month Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment received dark-blue 9-button roundabouts. These had tall standing collars with welting to keep them upright, epaulets and a low set pocket on the right side. The new uniforms ordered for the 5th to 7th Infantry Regiments were to be blouses instead of jackets, made after the style of the regular army pattern sack coats (Detroit Daily Advertiser Aug. 10 1861). These were dark-blue 5-button sack coats with standing collars, epaulets and a high set pocket on the left side. Many photographs of this ‘Michigan’ sack coat can be found. The Officers and NCOs of the 5-7th Infantry Regiments were sent to a School of Instruction prior to them receiving these blue uniforms. NCOs attending the School of Instruction were issued gray 9-button roundabouts with black trim, standing collars and epaulets, gray trousers and blue caps.In your research please do not confuse these gray uniforms with the 3rd Michigan Infantry who were issued gray 10-button roundabouts and the 4th Michigan Infantry who were issued gray 9-button roundabouts. Both appear to have worn these during the First Bull Run campaign.
Respectfully
William T. Carr
Jeremy, I must respectfully disagree. The 1st Three Month Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment received dark-blue 9-button roundabouts. These had tall standing collars with welting to keep them upright, epaulets and a low set pocket on the right side. The new uniforms ordered for the 5th to 7th Infantry Regiments were to be blouses instead of jackets, made after the style of the regular army pattern sack coats (Detroit Daily Advertiser Aug. 10 1861). These were dark-blue 5-button sack coats with standing collars, epaulets and a high set pocket on the left side. Many photographs of this ‘Michigan’ sack coat can be found. The Officers and NCOs of the 5-7th Infantry Regiments were sent to a School of Instruction prior to them receiving these blue uniforms. NCOs attending the School of Instruction were issued gray 9-button roundabouts with black trim, standing collars and epaulets, gray trousers and blue caps.In your research please do not confuse these gray uniforms with the 3rd Michigan Infantry who were issued gray 10-button roundabouts and the 4th Michigan Infantry who were issued gray 9-button roundabouts. Both appear to have worn these during the First Bull Run campaign.
Respectfully
William T. Carr
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