The Atlanta Depot Jacket... What exactly is it?

[Garrett Silliman]

Re: Atlanta Depot Jacket

Here are two more photos of the Daniels jacket from the Midway Museum. I think Pat Landrum posted these elsewhere on the forum several years ago.

There they are! Those are actually ones I took of the Daniels jacket.

[FloridaConscript]

Re: Atlanta Depot Jacket

Agree with Mark. Mods any way we can move this? Some good info in here.

[Coatsy]

Re: The Atlanta Depot Jacket... What exactly is it?

Bryant, good call. This is one of the better posts that I've seen here recently. So it has its own thread now.

[Cameron]

Re: The Atlanta Depot Jacket... What exactly is it?

Here are some pictures of the Childs Atlanta Depot kit. There are some folks who were interested in how closely his fabric resembled the original Lyon Jacket. This jacket has never been worn in the field. I can imagine, after you lose some of the nap, it would match fairly closely. Note: the only difference between Childs' Charleston and Atlanta kits are the addition of the belt loops.

[Eutaw Regiment]

Re: The Atlanta Depot Jacket... What exactly is it?

This has been an interesting thread to follow, as I had at least 2 ancestors who served in and around Charleston. At this point, is it known when the Charleston Depot began issuing uniform items and is there any evidence or conjecture as to when the Depot jacket was first issued?

[Cameron]

Re: The Atlanta Depot Jacket... What exactly is it?

Here is a link to Jenson's descriptions of the Charleston Depot. This may help your search as it alludes to speculative dates.

http://www.military-historians.org/company/journal/confederate/confederate-3.htm

[Eutaw Regiment]

Re: The Atlanta Depot Jacket... What exactly is it?

Here is a link to Jenson's descriptions of the Charleston Depot. This may help your search as it alludes to speculative dates.

http://www.military-historians.org/c...federate-3.htm

Thanks... I have that link saved, but have not read it in awhile, so the info there wasn't fresh in my mind... I wonder though what new records have been foune since?

[Enfield]

Re: The Atlanta Depot Jacket... What exactly is it?

Thanks... I have that link saved, but have not read it in awhile, so the info there wasn't fresh in my mind... I wonder though what new records have been foune since?

Considering the large amount of info that has come to light on the Tait jackets and "Columbus Depot" jackets since Jensen's ground-breaking articles, I would imagine quite a lot has been updated on the "Charleston" and other jackets as well.

Geoff Walden

http://authentic-campaigner.com/articles/walden/cdjacket.htm

[florida11061]

Soooo, now that it's been a decade, has any new light, pics, thoughts or research been shed on the "Atlanta" Depot jacket. It's construction and possible/probable connections to Charleston? Plan to make one of these in the near future out of Ben Tart's Atlanta Depot fabric. Going to visit the Midway Museum tomorrow and take what pics I can through the glass of the one on display there. Figured it was better to revive a good old thread instead of starting a new one.

Calen Lee Smith
The Free State of Florida