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    Soldier Wearing 2 Sack Coats

    Gents & Ladies-

    I came across this image while doing research. It appears to be a soldier wearing 2 sack coats based on the buttons right on top of eachother. I am venturing a guess that this taken during the winter and he either didn't have an overcoat or it wasn't enough to stay warm.

    http://www.realcivilwarantiques.com/cwimages/1306webcat_img_10.jpg
    Louis Zenti

    Pvt. Albert R. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-W.I.A. February 15, 1862)
    Pvt. William H. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-K.I.A. February 15, 1862 Ft. Donelson)
    Pvt. Simon Sams (Co. C, 18th Iowa Inf.-K.I.A. January 8, 1863 Springfield, MO)
    Pvt. Elisha Cox (Co. C, 26th North Carolina Inf.-W.I.A. July 3, 1863 Gettysburg)

    "...in the hottest of the fight, some of the rebs yelled out...them must be Iowa boys". Charles O. Musser 29th Iowa Infantry
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    Re: Soldier Wearing 2 Sack Coats

    Here is one of John Lake, 49th Ohio, who is wearing a sack overtop a frock.

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    http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15005coll41/id/137/rec/22
    JOSHUA MANN
    121st Ohio Vol.
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      Re: Soldier Wearing 2 Sack Coats

      I think you can safely call these guys "Clothes Horses".
      Scott Cross
      "Old and in the Way"

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