I had posted this information last August, prior to the forums going down. After recieving an e-mail asking about it, I thought it would be a good idea to post it again.
Accoutrements in the Army of Tennessee. The below listed information will indicate that there were more Knapsacks present than not, among the ranks of the Soldiers in the main Western Army of the Confederacy.
Accoutrements in the Army of Tennessee.
The below provided table is taken form: Report of Equipage of the 5th Tennessee Volunteers, march 28, 1862. and Weekly Return of 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Mississippi, June 21, 1862. Yeager Papers, MDAH.
Supplies held by the Second Brigade of A.P. Stewart’s Division, June 1862.
Regt.........Total Arms....Cartridge Boxes....Knapsacks....Haversacks....Canteens
5th Tn...........261...............261................ .141...............N/A............326
13th Ark........215................N/A................187................220........... .236
31st Tn.........305................305................2 23................287............304
33d Tn..........239................N/A................143................238........... .220
4th Tn..........236................278................ ..235................226...........253
On March 7, 1864 Hood’s Corps was reporting:
......................Bayonets........Cartridge Boxes......Knapsacks......Haversacks......Cap Boxes
.......................8,828 .............15,486...............13,608.........1 5,454...........15,245
Reported
Shortage..........6,753...............1,110....... ...........4,134...........2,546...........1,357
If you ad the shortage with the on-hand number, you get different amounts that were required. There is no explanation for this variance. And I did not find an associated number of effectives on-hand for this time period.
**The above information is taken from:
Wright to Gorgas, February 12, 1864, Letters and Telegrams Sent, Atlanta Arsenal, 1862-64, Chap. IV, vol. 16, RG 109, NA;OR, vol. 32, pt. 2, pp. 768-69; Monthly Inspection of Hood’s Corps, March 7, 1864. Yeager Papers, MDAH.
In April, 1864 Colonel Hypolite Oladowskis (the Army’s Chief of Ordnance) reported 16,941 effectives in Hardee’s Corps, and the equipment on hand as:
Cartridge Boxes......Knapsacks......Haversacks......Canteens
.....19,417...............12,610..........18,001.. ........16,888
Accoutrements in the Army of Tennessee. The below listed information will indicate that there were more Knapsacks present than not, among the ranks of the Soldiers in the main Western Army of the Confederacy.
Accoutrements in the Army of Tennessee.
The below provided table is taken form: Report of Equipage of the 5th Tennessee Volunteers, march 28, 1862. and Weekly Return of 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Mississippi, June 21, 1862. Yeager Papers, MDAH.
Supplies held by the Second Brigade of A.P. Stewart’s Division, June 1862.
Regt.........Total Arms....Cartridge Boxes....Knapsacks....Haversacks....Canteens
5th Tn...........261...............261................ .141...............N/A............326
13th Ark........215................N/A................187................220........... .236
31st Tn.........305................305................2 23................287............304
33d Tn..........239................N/A................143................238........... .220
4th Tn..........236................278................ ..235................226...........253
On March 7, 1864 Hood’s Corps was reporting:
......................Bayonets........Cartridge Boxes......Knapsacks......Haversacks......Cap Boxes
.......................8,828 .............15,486...............13,608.........1 5,454...........15,245
Reported
Shortage..........6,753...............1,110....... ...........4,134...........2,546...........1,357
If you ad the shortage with the on-hand number, you get different amounts that were required. There is no explanation for this variance. And I did not find an associated number of effectives on-hand for this time period.
**The above information is taken from:
Wright to Gorgas, February 12, 1864, Letters and Telegrams Sent, Atlanta Arsenal, 1862-64, Chap. IV, vol. 16, RG 109, NA;OR, vol. 32, pt. 2, pp. 768-69; Monthly Inspection of Hood’s Corps, March 7, 1864. Yeager Papers, MDAH.
In April, 1864 Colonel Hypolite Oladowskis (the Army’s Chief of Ordnance) reported 16,941 effectives in Hardee’s Corps, and the equipment on hand as:
Cartridge Boxes......Knapsacks......Haversacks......Canteens
.....19,417...............12,610..........18,001.. ........16,888
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