Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

[pheaur]

In this section it will show what was issued at each camp or location, however, it isn’t known who the recipient was.

UKNOWN
June 3rd Y R Giddings (Sharp Shooters Ash Co) (94 men) 47 pairs blankets

GRAFTON
July 2nd Capt Bliss Grafton Va. 135 reinforced pants
July 4th Capt Bliss 1000 shirts

GALLOPOLIS Camp Carrington
July 8th E A Scovill Gallipolis 37 ½ pairs of blankets
July 8th E A Scovill 75 pairs of socks
July 8th E A Scovill 75 blue caps
July 8th E A Scovill 75 grey jackets

MARIETTA Camp Putnam
April 26th delivered to “Union Blues” of Marietta 24 Blue Shirts received of Mrs. Dennison from City Shirts to be replaced by State Shirts (the number 34 is in front of the word “replaced” but seems out of place… not sure what this represents)
June 1st QM S E Brown 498 blankets
June 1st QM S E Brown Black Overcoats 1,000
June 1st QM S E Brown 969 grey shirts
June 1st QM S E Brown 1000 pairs of drawers
June 1st QM S E Brown 500 prs shoes
June 6th B Gates 1,000 blue caps

CAMP TAYLOR Cleveland, Ohio
May 11th 1000 pairs shoes delivered to Camp Taylor
May 11th Camp Taylor 1,000 pairs of socks
May 21st Geo B Senter 2,000 shirts
May 21st Geo B Senter 2,000 pairs socks
May 22nd Geo B Senter Cleveland delivered 502 blankets
May 23rd Geo B Senter QM Cleveland 1000 shirts

CAMP JACKSON Columbus, Ohio
April 25th, 27th, 29th, 30th Shirts sent to Camp Jackson 1,770
April 25th delivered to E. B. Dennison, Ast Commissary General three thousand and twenty six red flannel shirts
April 27th Delivered to Asst. Commissary E. B. Dennison 329 flannel shirts
April 30th Delivered to Asst. Commissary E.B. Dennison 720 shirts for which a receipt was given
May 1st Camp Jackson 600 pairs delivered
May 3d Camp Jackson 500 socks
May 4th Sent 100 shoes, from Warehouse, for Camp Jackson
May 4th 500 pairs of shoes delivered to Camp Jackson
May 5th Camp Jackson 600 socks
May 7th, 10th, 11th Shirts sent to Camp Jackson 1,241
May 10th 500 pairs of shoes delivered to Camp Jackson
May 10th Camp Jackson 500 socks
May 16th 300 pairs of socks
May 16th 250 pairs of blankets
May 16th 230 pairs of shoes
May 23rd for four companies shoes 500
May 29th R E Champion QM 350 pairs shoes
May 29th 79 Shirts
May 29th 97 pairs of socks
May 30th QM R E Champion 500 blankets
June 6th 600 shirts
June 6th QM R E Champion 600 pairs of socks
June 7th QM R E Champion 1500 pairs of blankets
June 19th QM R E C 600 grey shirts
June 19th QM R E C 1,200 pairs of socks
June 19th QM R E C 918 prs of shoes

CAMP DENNISON
May 4th Sent 500 pairs on requisition of Col J H Dickinson to Camp Dennison May 4th
May 4th 1,000 pairs of shoes delivered to Camp Dennison
May 27th 2,509 Army Coats Delivered to E A Abbott - 447 with scales, 2,062 no scales
June 1st D W McClung Asst. QM – 319 with scales, 930 no scales
July 3rd Brig Gen Bates 700 blouses
July 3rd Brig Gen Bates Camp Dennison 200 grey pants
July 4th Brig gen Bates Camp Dennison 500 grey pants

CAMP GODDARD
May 18th 150 blankets delivered
May 21st 500 pairs of shoes
May 21st 500 shirts
May 21st 500 pairs socks
May 21st 85 grey jackets

CAMP CHASE
June 22nd 300 pairs of socks
June 24th 1000 shirts
June 24th 120 prs shoes
July 2nd 1000 pairs of drawers
July 16th 3064 pairs of socks
July 15th Camp Chase 1769 grey jackets
July 16th 2880 blue caps
July 20th 1000 pairs of blankets
July 23rd 1900 Black Regulation overcoats
July 23rd Camp Chase 231 grey jackets

PORTLAND OHIO Camp Scott
May 30th Lt. J OHarra 1000 drawers
May 30th Lt J OHarra QM 500 blue bloues
July 4th J Lane 500 pairs of shoes
July 4th J Lane 300 pairs of socks
July 4th J Lane 210 blue shirts
July 4th J Lane 150 blouses

BELLAIRE OHIO Camp Jefferson
May 28th 1000 pairs of shoes
May 29th S E Brown Q M Bellaire 437 pairs of shoes

In this section I included some of the contractors and the articles of clothing each produced. In some cases the spelling of individuals or companies was very hard to discern since some of the writing was very small and hard to read.

Contracts for Army Coats
Mc Donald – 805
English & Co – 1132
Breyfogal& Oharra – 2059

HEAD QUARTERS
Ohio Militia and Volunteer Militia
Columbus, Ohio May 13, 1861
SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE BY TELEGRAPH
To Gov Curtain
Harrisburg

J.C. English & Co of Zanesville have ordered five or six hundred uniforms for Ohio Volunteers under contract with Ohio at Jones Liberman & Co’s Philadelphia. All other uniforms to them are probably for the enemy. I suspect foul play. You cannot be too vigilant in regard to their uniforms. Keep me advised.
W.D.

Contracts for Blouses (Sack Coats)
Longstreet Bradford & Co
Heidelbach W & Co
Mack & Bro
Albany NY – 694
Boston (W F Enders) – 805
Number of articles received or on hand from May 30th to July 10th 11,608 Blouses

Contracts for Army Pants
Mc Donald – blue
J. English & Co – blue
Breyfogal & OHarra – blue
J H Mc Danield – blue
C H Robinson – blue
Jas M Brown – grey (WA Platt Washington DC?)
H W & Co
Jacob Elsas & Co
HS & Co
Sladter Bro & Co

Contract for Caps (Blue cloth with glazed covers)
April 25th Fuller & Co of Cleveland 2,000
May 6th 951 cap received by S. J. and I. Philips
May 6th 2,556 caps received by S. J. and I. Philips
May 10th 1497 caps received by S. J. and I. Philips
Ordered through S Stone 5,000
L J& Phillips
Fuller & Co
C B Camp & Co
M Fechheimer
M F Thompson
Approximately 11,154 made or on hand between May 30th to July 4th

Contracts for Hats (with ventilation)
C B Camp
Wm Dodd & Co
From June 19th to July 2nd both contractors made 2,200 hats

Contracts for Overcoats
April 2nd (Could be April 21st) Contracted with Henry Miller & Co of Columbus for 4,000 Infantry Overcoats
Ordered through D. Stone at New York 5,000 Infantry Overcoats (No contract made)
Henry Miller – Blue Overcoats
Stitt & Brown –
Jas M Brown – Black Overcoats
Mack & Bro – Blue Regulation

Contracts for Drawers
C H Ryne NY
WA Platt Washington D.C.
J OHarra
At least 7,700 pairs made

Contracts for Shirts
April 25th Stone & Estebrook 2000 red flannel shirts at $1.40
Ladies of Columbus agree to furnish 50 shirts per day State to furnish cloth Capt. Senter Commissary & Acting QM at Camp Taylor ordered to contract for 1000 shirts with the option of 2000 Had authority to purchase material for ladies to make
April 25th 288 from Stone & Estebrook and 38 from Mrs. Dennison making 326 shirts
April 26th Dwight Stone was ordered to purchase 5000 shirts in New York
April 27th Received of Mrs. Dennison 215 flannel shirts, Received of Stone & Estebrook 180 shirts
April 29th Received of Estebrook & Co 156
“ “ Mrs. Dennison 106 for state
“ “ “ “ 67 City Shirts at $1.40 each
April 30th received of Estebrook& Stone 720 shirts (From East)
May 1st and May 3rd received from Jas M Brown 1,320
May 14th received from Stone & Estebrook, 182 Red shirts,1,716 white shirts
May 22nd 2000 returned from depot - to Ge B Senter 2000 shirts
May 23rd to May 28th from Estebrook & Stone 1,296 shirts
April and May Shirts Received
Stone & Estebrook 3,047
Mrs. Dennison 473
C H Ryne 1,320

Other Contractors for Shirts
(Latter part of May 30th through July 2nd – 21,652 pairs of socks)
Stitt & Brown
Jas M Brown – most were grey in color but 108 were red
J Lowman & Co – grey
Heidleback & Seasongood – grey
H. W. & Co – grey
Kuhn netter – grey
Meadonson & Friedman – grey
A and J Trounstine & Co
July 17th W J Enders & Co 840 grey shirts

Contracts for Socks
A J Smith - wool socks
J I Miller - wool and cotton
Reimner and Macke 3,888 pairs of socks
Cole & Hopkins 8,076 pairs of socks
Kelton and Bancroft 384 pairs of socks
Stone & OHarra 288 pairs of sock

Other Contracts for Socks May 31st to July 2nd
Stitt& Brown
Cole & Hopkins
Jas M Brown
Jones & Bro
Mendonson & Friedman
A & J Trounstine
31,417 total pairs of socks
July 22nd Aaron Jones 2,400 pairs of socks


Contracts for Shoes (Brogans)
April 25th Ordered of Stone & Estebrook 600 pairs of shoes
April 26th Ordered of Kimball Robinson & Co (Boston)
2,500 pairs No (1) of these proportion
2,500 pairs No (2) same as above
Army pegged
April 27th Stone & Estebrook (Town St.) have 600 pairs
April 28th Received of Bidleman & Co 109 pairs of shoes
Ordered of Bidleman & Co 1000 pairs shoes
Total up to May 4th
Furnished by Bidleman Crawford & Co 1,109 pairs
April 28th and May 3d, 4th, 9th
Bidleman Evans & Co delivered 2,159 pairs of shoes
May 4th Stone and Estebrook 600 pairs
May 4th Waltop and Ury 350 pairs
May 8th J and I C Miller 60 pairs (or I E Miller)
May 11th Kimball Robinson & Co 1,020 pairs

Other contracts for shoes
Robinson Evans Crawford & Co
Samuel Doyle
Easton Baincroft and Co
J Simkins & Co
G Burton
M E Reeves
Robbinson & Pomeroy
T Johnson
George F OHarra & Co
From May 30th to July 8th they produced 18,472 pairs of shoes
From July 9th to the 23rd 4,940 shoes were received at the warehouse

Contract for Knapsacks
April 25th Knapsacks
Contracted with A, M. Denig & Co for 2000 – 500 to be delivered each week

May 23 1861 (Knapsacks)
To quarter Master General Wood by telegraph from Burnett House, Cincinnati
Have you ordered any combination india rubber blanket knapsacks
WW Hoyt
For Rubber Co

Contract for Gun Slings
May 30, 1861 (Gun Slings )
To P Hayden by telegraph from New York
Can furnish three thousand (3000) each in fifteen (15) days on thousand (1000) in 5 (5) days after receiving samples cannot furnish heavy duck for knapsacks must either top leather or drill send specifications of color and leather art plates wanted
P Hayden

Cups
April 28th 500 pint cups from E.B. Armstrong at 5 cents each
April 28th 244 quart cups Emery & Jones
May 6th 720 quart cups condemned

From April 19th to May 11th received 3190 cups
Contracts with
E B Armstrong
J S Gill and Son
Tennis and Sampler
Emery and Jones

Blankets
Pierce and Bros (price ranged from 2.25 to 4.50) color was grey
Delivered 2,053 ½ on May 14th
Stitt & Brown 265 on May 14th
G. D. Parrish 895 (blue grey) blankets on May 14th
Cole and Hopkins 2,194 blankets delivered between 24 and 28 May
Cole and Hopkins 2,562 blankets delivered May 30th
Stitt & Brown 2,107 blankets delivered May 30th

I wanted to include this since I found it very interesting. I noticed that the 6th Regiment Ohio received 414 uniforms of the distinctive pattern, in gray cloth, of the old battalion which were paid for by private contributions. (6th Ohio, Story of a Regiment, page 39, May 1861) Not much is known about the following except who the contractors were. The last two contractors also contracted with the state to provide grey jackets around the same time period. What is also interesting is that the state rejected 300 grey jackets made by Kuhn Netter on June 8th. Mack Bro was also shipping jackets to the state as early as 8 June as well. Other than this nothing else is known unless someone else has something to add.

Series 1
BV2035
Clothing
Columbus Warehouse

Page 211: 6th Regiment Contracts
June 3, 1861 – Jacob Elsar & Co 500 Coats, 500 Trousers
June 3, 1861 – Heidelback Seasongood & Co 226 Coats, 226 Trousers
June 3, 1861 Reintkroffs Bro & Co 112 Coats,112 Trousers
June 3, 1861 Kuhn Netter & Co 63 Coats, 63 Trousers
June 3, 1861 Mack Bro 67 Coats, 67 Trousers Total 968 Uniforms


HEAD QUARTERS
Ohio Militia and Volunteer Militia
Columbus, Ohio June 5, 1861

SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE BY TELEGRAPH
To A. D. Bullock
22 West 2nd Street Cincinnati
When may we certainly look for all the 4000 jackets & pants. Receipts much less than promised. You should hurry up the contractors.
W.D.

Western Union Telegraph Company
To Gov. Dennison
Oct 7, 1861
By Telegraph from Washington 7, 1861
Dispatch of fifth 5th recd until cloth arrives from Europe little clothing can be spared for troops before the enemy supplies in Country entirely exhausted cloth is made up as fast as it is Manufactured No clothing in depots they are swept out daily
M. C. Meigs
Q. M. G.

[James Brenner]

Re: Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

This is very interesting. Thanks for posting this, Chris. In a quiet moment, I have newspaper descriptions of the Ohio uniforms (and equipment) that I will consolidate and add to this thread.

[Philo]

Re: Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

Great info! Thanks for sharing !

[James Brenner]

Re: Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

Well, the quiet moment finally arrived. Here's what I have come across so far concerning uniforms and equipment for the 14th to 22nd Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Militia in 1861. Most of the newspaper excerpts are verbatim, but I have paraphrased some of the records out of the Arsenal Day Book.


14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“[W]e were marched to a large house where each private received his knapsack containing a cap (sometimes known as --- Havelock) with an oil cloth covering, reaching to the back; good for wet weather, and a blue jack coat, four military buttons and one side pocket, a pair of pants, color sky-blue, one white woolen shirt, and two pair woolen socks. Then we were marched to the armory where each man received a musket, cartridge box, bayonet belt, haversack and water pouch.” Kim S. Sutton, Letters from the Civil War, Paulding County, Ohio, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, (Paulding County Carnegie Library: Paulding, Ohio, 2012)
On 19 June 1861 at Clarksburg, VA, Companies A, H, and K of 14th OVI were armed with Enfield rifled muskets while the other companies retained their smoothbores. Defiance Democrat, 29 June 1861.

15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“The ladies of Lancaster [Ohio] have been engaged in making shirts for the volunteers.” Belmont Chronicle, 16 May 1861
“We received in Bellaire a cap and a pair of pants. The caps are a very good article, but the pants are not worth anything; they are faded and torn – not fit to be seen while the 14th and 16th Regiments have good uniforms.” Belmont Chronicle, 20 June 1861.
“One of the boys just came in who tells me our uniforms have come … it consists of gray jackets (same as worn by the 19th Ohio) and gray pants.” Belmont Chronicle, 20 June 1861.
“They [Indiana troops] were well-dressed whereas we had but a pair of pale blue pants that had already begun to rip. They had minie rifles with straps to them – we hadn’t; they had hats gaily cocked up on one side – we had pasteboard caps …” Mansfield Semi-Weekly Herald, 29 June 1861.
“The men make a joke of trying to mend their worn out gray uniforms with patches from their red flannel shirts.” Belmont Chronicle, ? July 1861
Ohio shipped the 15th Regiment’s Assistant Quarter Master 30 bayonet scabbards, 55 cap boxes, 367 gun slings, 280 rubber canteens, 256 zinc canteens, 24 haversacks, 30 cartridge boxes, 20 knapsacks, and 28 cross belts. Arsenal Day Book, 25 July 1861, Ohio History Connection (formerly Ohio Historical Society)

16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“Red shirts with collars turned down.” Holmes County Farmer, 30 May 1861
31 May – Ohio State Arsenal shipped “8 horse artillery swords and 8 belts for same” to Colonel Irvine. Arsenal Day Book
Letter from Carrington to Irvine dated 1 June 1861 notifying him that the state sent him 950 overcoats, 200 blouses, 2000 socks, 200 pair shoe, canteens, axes and stationery. Adjutant General Letter Book.
14 June 1861 – Ohio sent Irvine “180 Enfield rifles, 20,000 cartridges, and 25,000 with the same quantities sent to Colonel Steadman of the 14th. Arsenal Day Book
When the regiment mustered out on 10 August 1861, they turned in 168 Enfield rifles, 4 without bayonets; 729 U.S. muskets, 18 were without bayonets and 8 were damaged; 10 horse artillery sabers and belts; 897 cartridge boxes; 874 shoulder belts; 505 bayonet scabbards and another 445 damaged bayonet scabbards; 870 waist belts; 870 cap boxes. Arsenal Day Book
“Fourteen knapsacks were lost on the march to Philippi … None of the canteens are returned. They proved to be utterly unfit as they gave a disgusting taste to the water and finally got so leaky as to be of no use and were thrown away by the men.” Compiled Service Records of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations; Co. A, 16th Regiment Muster Out Roll. Available on archive.org.

17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“Our company has not heretofore shown quite so well as some others, but most of us have the red shirts now, and begin to shine like the rest of them.” Belmont Chronicle, 20 May 1861
“The volunteers of the 17th Regiment are not yet in uniform, though most of them are red shirted and capped.” Lancaster Gazette, 23 May 1861
“Uniforms for most of the Regiment have not received and distributed to the companies; color gray, and good, substantial material.” Belmont Chronicle, 10 June 1861
“Their guns are a good, smooth bore musket.” Lancaster Gazette, 13 June 1861
“It consists of gray jackets (same as worn by the 19th at Bellaire) and gray caps and pants,” Belmont Chronicle, 21 June 1861.

18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“The ladies of Marietta have furnished us “Havelocks” or linen shades to be worn on our caps.” Marietta Republican as cited in Jewett Palmer, Historical Sketch of Company B, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 3 Month Service. Available on www.archive.org.
“We were uniformed at the depot at Parkersburg. We cannot boast of the quality or the manner of making these clothes. Very cheap material which cannot last two months, and made so poorly that before twenty-four hours had passed, it was necessary to sew up rips in the pants.” Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph, 14 June 1861.
“Uniforms not good; many of the second pair of State pants within six weeks pretty well dilapidated in the “rear ranks”. Ironton Register, 11 July 1861
Letter dated 4 June 1861 from Camp Hall mentions a possible visit from Lincoln to “inspect our Carrington’s – coats – which we have not yet got and don’t want if they’re no better than our Dennison’s – pantaloons.” Marietta Home News, 15 June 1861.

19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
24 May 1861 – The ladies of Warren gave each man of Company C two gray flannel shirts. Company B received gray overcoats. Western Reserve Chronicle.
“Nearly all of the men are armed with muskets and many of the companies had a partial uniform of red or gray shirts.” Cleveland Morning Leader, 29 May 1861
“We were then marched to the arsenal (in Columbus) to be armed and equipped, which consisted of a U.S. musket, knapsack, cartridge box, haversack, and bayonet scabbard, also a belt with a brass plate, having the letters OVM stamped on it. We were also furnished with 10,000 rounds of cartridges.” Canton Repository, 12 June 1861.
“Our uniform consists of light blue satinet pants (poor quality), a pair of drawers, a bluish-gray flannel shirt, a pair of shoes, a blue cloth cap with a wide front piece, a pair of havelocks, and a blue-gray blanket. Our equipment are a knapsack, haversack, canteen, cartridge box and strap, a bayonet sheath, a cap box, an OVM belt and buckle; also an 1846 musket and bayonet. We received our coats or gray cloth roundabouts with army buttons and made of pretty good cloth.” Jeffersonian Democrat, 28 June 1861
“Our regiment received the balance of the uniform which consisted of gray jackets, made in military style, with E PLURIBUS UNUM buttons as trimming.” Three Months in Camp and Field, Diary of an Ohio Volunteer by a Musician (Cleveland, 1861); available on www.HathiTrust.org.

20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“A stock of shoes was sent us on the 13th (May); they are genuine “stogies” and were manufactured by the convicts of the Ohio Penitentiary.” Eaton Weekly Register, 23 May 1861
“We have received our haversacks, knapsack, cartridge box, canteens, and belts … the muskets were manufactured in Springfield and Harpers Ferry.” Eaton Weekly Register, 20 June 1861
At muster out, the Regiment turned into the Arsenal at Columbus, 840 muskets with slings, complete; 12 muskets without slings or bayonets; 19 damaged muskets; 3 snare drums; 1 brass bugle; 12,000 percussion caps; 3,166 buck and ball cartridges; 404 canteens; 579 haversacks; 541 cap boxes; 641 bayonet scabbards; 7 damaged scabbards; 32 knapsacks; 679 cartridge boxes; 679 cartridge box belts; 15 shoulder belts; 7 cap boxes; 141 waist belts, no plates.” Arsenal Day Book

21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“The former consisted of a knapsack containing one shirt, two pair wool socks, and a blue blouse. Each man was provided with a rubber water pouch, and a bag similar to a sportsman’s game sack, and a musket with its necessary equipment.” Hancoc k Jeffersonian, 31 May 1861.
“AQM Senter forwarded with the regiment 800 blankets, 800 caps, 800 pair pantaloons, and 400 flannel shirts.” Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 May 1861
“And each of the boys received one musket, one knapsack, one haversack, one cartridge box, and one blouse or fighting coat. Their caps, shoes, and pants are here (Gallipolis) and will be distributed tomorrow.” Perrysburg Journal, 6 June 1861.
At muster out, the 21st turned in 814 U.S. muskets, 15 without bayonets and 2 with no rammers; 946 cartridge boxes and belts; 847 cap boxes; 841 waist belts and plates; 621 bayonet scabbards; 211 damaged scabbards; 303 haversacks; 16 knapsacks; 261 canteens; 2 NCO swords; and two officers swords. Arsenal Day Book

22nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months)
“We have since been supplied with blue coats since you came here. They are a cheap affair – worth, I suppose, about $1.25. The blue caps we received at Columbus.” Clermont Courier, 6 June 1861
“Those breeches, wonderful to tell, have come at last and are really pretty – as much different from the miserable apology for a coat as a Unionist is from a Secessionist. They are made of gray satinet, and are fit to be worn anywhere. I do not think they will last very well however.” Clermont Courier, 19 June 1861

[mike44thva]

Re: Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

Wow, very cool stuff!

Anything on the 25th OH?

[James Brenner]

Re: Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

I did not look for information on the 25th, but in Edward Culp's book, The 25th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Union, (Topeka: Geo. Crane & Co., 1885) reprint Higginson Book Company, he states that the regiment received smoothbore muskets on 27 July at Camp Chase, and the flank companies received Enfields. He goes on to say, "the 25th made a handsome appearance, being uniformed in gray jackets and trowsers, and, already advanced in regimental drill, attracted very favorable attention as it marched through the streets of Columbus."

I hope this helps a bit.