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Re: Sewing Machines
Here are three examples of the number of sewing machines use to make uniforms in Detroit in early 1861.
In May of 1861 E. S. Heinemann & Company (Detroit) supplied the required 1000 gray uniforms for the 4th Regiment in just eight days. Heinemann used 500 hands and 20 sewing machines to complete the task and consumed 21,000 yards of gray cloth made at the Jonesville Woolen Factory.
In May of 1861 Samuel Sykes & Company (180 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit) provided blouses and the trousers for the 5th Michigan Infantry made from dark blue army cloth made in New York state. Sykes employed 100 workers and used 20 sewing machines in this operation.
In the spring of 1861 400 workers were at work in Detroit producing uniforms and these workers were using 100 sewing machines.
William T. Carr
VFW life member
Company of Military Historians
Here are three examples of the number of sewing machines use to make uniforms in Detroit in early 1861.
In May of 1861 E. S. Heinemann & Company (Detroit) supplied the required 1000 gray uniforms for the 4th Regiment in just eight days. Heinemann used 500 hands and 20 sewing machines to complete the task and consumed 21,000 yards of gray cloth made at the Jonesville Woolen Factory.
In May of 1861 Samuel Sykes & Company (180 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit) provided blouses and the trousers for the 5th Michigan Infantry made from dark blue army cloth made in New York state. Sykes employed 100 workers and used 20 sewing machines in this operation.
In the spring of 1861 400 workers were at work in Detroit producing uniforms and these workers were using 100 sewing machines.
William T. Carr
VFW life member
Company of Military Historians
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