Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

    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.
    Christopher Warfel
    Co B, 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    1861-1865
    Tuscarawas County, Ohio

  • #2
    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.
    James Brenner

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

      Great info! Thanks for sharing !
      Regards,

      Phil Spaugy
      Union Guards
      Co. A
      19th Regiment
      Indiana Volunteer Infantry
      N-SSA

      Comment


      • #4
        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
        James Brenner

        Comment


        • #5
          Re: Ohio Uniforms 1861 Part II

          Wow, very cool stuff!

          Anything on the 25th OH?
          Mike Barnes

          Blanket Collector (Hoarder)
          44th VA / 25th OH

          Comment


          • #6
            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.
            James Brenner

            Comment

            Working...
            X