Gents,
After reading the Inspector General reports on the Utah Army before they left Fort Leavenworth for Salt Lke City during the Utah War in 1857, I was surprised by the continual reference to "overalls" being packed inside their knapsacks. Apparently the issuance of overalls was universal to the Utah Army for all branches.
From the Inspection Report of the 5th Infantry (26 July 1857):
"-And each soldier besides the fatigue dress on for the march, had in his knapsack, 2 pairs of shoes, 1 blanket, 1 great coat, 1 uniform coat, 1 overalls, 2 draw(er)s, 2 shirts, 3 socks all amounting in the aggrigate to 30 lbs weight,..."
From the Inspection report of Phelp's Light Battery, 4th Artillery (25 July 1857):
"The men of the battery were well supplied with two pairs of boots each in the knapsack, with the following clothes besides that they had on for the march; to wit, 1 blanket, 1 great coat, 1 coat, 1 overalls, 2 shirts, 2 draw(er)s, 3 socks: and were furnished with haversack and canteen."
From the Inspection Report of the 10th Infantry (24 July 1857)
"Each soldier had his two pairs of shoes in his knapsack in addition to those on, 1 great coat, 1 blanket, 2 shirts, 2 draw(er)s, one overalls, 3 socks, 1 uniform coat; and supplied with canteen and haversack,..."
The only reference I found regarding overalls in the 1857 Uniform Regulations to overalls was for the Engineers:
"144. Canvas Overalls for Engineer Soldiers - of white cotton; one garment to cover the whole of the body below the waist, the breast, the shoulders, and the arms, with narrow wristband buttoning with one button; overalls to fasten at the neck behind with two buttons, and at the waist behind with buckle and tongue."
A similar description is in the Regulations of 1861:
"1572. Canvas overalls for Engineer soldiers - of white cotton; one garment to cover the whole of the body below the waist, the breast, the shoulders, and the arms; sleeves loose, to allow a free play of the arms, with narrow wristband buttoning with one button; overalls to fasten at the neck behind with two buttons, and at the waist behind with buckle and tongue."
Does anyone have any information or leads on what these overalls actually looked like?
Chuck Mood
LtColMood@aol.com
After reading the Inspector General reports on the Utah Army before they left Fort Leavenworth for Salt Lke City during the Utah War in 1857, I was surprised by the continual reference to "overalls" being packed inside their knapsacks. Apparently the issuance of overalls was universal to the Utah Army for all branches.
From the Inspection Report of the 5th Infantry (26 July 1857):
"-And each soldier besides the fatigue dress on for the march, had in his knapsack, 2 pairs of shoes, 1 blanket, 1 great coat, 1 uniform coat, 1 overalls, 2 draw(er)s, 2 shirts, 3 socks all amounting in the aggrigate to 30 lbs weight,..."
From the Inspection report of Phelp's Light Battery, 4th Artillery (25 July 1857):
"The men of the battery were well supplied with two pairs of boots each in the knapsack, with the following clothes besides that they had on for the march; to wit, 1 blanket, 1 great coat, 1 coat, 1 overalls, 2 shirts, 2 draw(er)s, 3 socks: and were furnished with haversack and canteen."
From the Inspection Report of the 10th Infantry (24 July 1857)
"Each soldier had his two pairs of shoes in his knapsack in addition to those on, 1 great coat, 1 blanket, 2 shirts, 2 draw(er)s, one overalls, 3 socks, 1 uniform coat; and supplied with canteen and haversack,..."
The only reference I found regarding overalls in the 1857 Uniform Regulations to overalls was for the Engineers:
"144. Canvas Overalls for Engineer Soldiers - of white cotton; one garment to cover the whole of the body below the waist, the breast, the shoulders, and the arms, with narrow wristband buttoning with one button; overalls to fasten at the neck behind with two buttons, and at the waist behind with buckle and tongue."
A similar description is in the Regulations of 1861:
"1572. Canvas overalls for Engineer soldiers - of white cotton; one garment to cover the whole of the body below the waist, the breast, the shoulders, and the arms; sleeves loose, to allow a free play of the arms, with narrow wristband buttoning with one button; overalls to fasten at the neck behind with two buttons, and at the waist behind with buckle and tongue."
Does anyone have any information or leads on what these overalls actually looked like?
Chuck Mood
LtColMood@aol.com
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