Someone is cold.

[ThehosGendar]

There have been some articles on improvised winter clothing, such as the blanket overcoat, and below is a photo of another route to take when an overcoat isn't available. Just layer up! In what has to be a rather ungainly get-up, this soldier has got his sack coat tucked into his trousers (which almost look like they're backwards), layered over by his unbuttoned state jacket.

From the LOC, LC-DIG-cwpb-04100.

Has anyone run into any other interesting accounts of various other ways soldiers dealt with the cold when supplies were thin or otherwise unavailable?

[MBBursig]

Re: Someone is cold.

One of the best examples of improvised winter clothing I have seen was a greatcoat that is in the collection of the small Civil War Museum in Hamilton, NJ (Camp Olden?). In the collection they have a greatcoat, where the soldier basically hacked off the cape, and added pockets, presumably with the cape material. It is a good example of personal tailoring as well. I can't recall if it was an infantry or mounted coat.

Cheers.

[Charles Heath]

Re: Someone is cold.

The comments and analysis of that photo on the Hard Case Boys website and forum lives in infamy. Just seeing that image again makes me laugh.