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I spent a couple of hours going through the Congressional Report and thought I would share this with those who do not have access to a Federal Repository.
Sample of contracts listed in the 38th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives Executive Document #84, published in 1865.
The following were delivered to the Quartermaster in New York City.
50,000 Canton flannel drawers from Alvin Rose Co.
200,000 flannel drawers from Slade & Colby
75,000 Canton flannel drawers from William Deering
100,000 Canton flannel drawers from Joseph Lee
50,000 Canton flannel drawers from William Deering
100,000 Domestic flannel shirts from H. B. Lord
50,000 Knit shirts from Haynes, Lord, & Company
50,000 Knit shirts from Bailey and Southard
50,000 pairs of knit drawers from Alfred Conger
100,000 white domestic flannel shirts from J. & W. Lyall
Philadelphia
350,000 gray knit shirts from Alfred Conger
33,000 knit shirts from Edward Holt
150,000 knit shirts from Hunt, Tillinghast & Co.
100,000 flannel shirts from William A. Roberts
50,000 gray knit shirts from Billings, Roop & Co.
Baltimore
200,000 yards of gray shirting flannel
Cincinnati
50,000 Canton flannel drawers from A. Rose
100,000 Gray flannel shirts from Joseph Lee
120,000 Gray flannel shirts from H. B. Wilbur
200,000 Gray flannel shirts from Henry B. Graham
200,000 Gray flannel shirts from John Y. Martin (John T. Martin?)
Over a million yards of Canton flannel and shirting flannel from Calvin Slade
200,000 Canton flannel drawers from J. W. Wade
100,000 gray flannel shirts from John T. Martin
300,000 gray flannel shirts from John T. Martin
55,000 gray flannel shirts from Heidelback, Seasongood & Co.
100,000 gray flannel shirts from Charles Hartshorn & Co.
100,000 gray flannel shirts from L. L. Harding
The “Official Records” Series III, Volume V lists the following materials in yards purchased by the various Quartermaster Depots during the war:
5,532,729 yards of Canton flannel
8,314,892 yards of gray flannel
334,649 yards of blue flannel
It lists almost 11 million pairs of drawers and shirts, but does not stipulate the material used to produce them.
Shirts and drawers are later listed in two categories: flannel or knit.
From this information I must conclude that the majority of drawers were made from Canton flannel with a smaller number being made from knit material. Shirts were mostly gray domestic (shirting) flannel and some white or blue and knit ones in lesser numbers.
Sample of contracts listed in the 38th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives Executive Document #84, published in 1865.
The following were delivered to the Quartermaster in New York City.
50,000 Canton flannel drawers from Alvin Rose Co.
200,000 flannel drawers from Slade & Colby
75,000 Canton flannel drawers from William Deering
100,000 Canton flannel drawers from Joseph Lee
50,000 Canton flannel drawers from William Deering
100,000 Domestic flannel shirts from H. B. Lord
50,000 Knit shirts from Haynes, Lord, & Company
50,000 Knit shirts from Bailey and Southard
50,000 pairs of knit drawers from Alfred Conger
100,000 white domestic flannel shirts from J. & W. Lyall
Philadelphia
350,000 gray knit shirts from Alfred Conger
33,000 knit shirts from Edward Holt
150,000 knit shirts from Hunt, Tillinghast & Co.
100,000 flannel shirts from William A. Roberts
50,000 gray knit shirts from Billings, Roop & Co.
Baltimore
200,000 yards of gray shirting flannel
Cincinnati
50,000 Canton flannel drawers from A. Rose
100,000 Gray flannel shirts from Joseph Lee
120,000 Gray flannel shirts from H. B. Wilbur
200,000 Gray flannel shirts from Henry B. Graham
200,000 Gray flannel shirts from John Y. Martin (John T. Martin?)
Over a million yards of Canton flannel and shirting flannel from Calvin Slade
200,000 Canton flannel drawers from J. W. Wade
100,000 gray flannel shirts from John T. Martin
300,000 gray flannel shirts from John T. Martin
55,000 gray flannel shirts from Heidelback, Seasongood & Co.
100,000 gray flannel shirts from Charles Hartshorn & Co.
100,000 gray flannel shirts from L. L. Harding
The “Official Records” Series III, Volume V lists the following materials in yards purchased by the various Quartermaster Depots during the war:
5,532,729 yards of Canton flannel
8,314,892 yards of gray flannel
334,649 yards of blue flannel
It lists almost 11 million pairs of drawers and shirts, but does not stipulate the material used to produce them.
Shirts and drawers are later listed in two categories: flannel or knit.
From this information I must conclude that the majority of drawers were made from Canton flannel with a smaller number being made from knit material. Shirts were mostly gray domestic (shirting) flannel and some white or blue and knit ones in lesser numbers.
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