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The CWDD episode on packing for the Chancellorsville campaign reminded me of something similar I once came across at the National Archives - Record Group 94. The company order book for Company B, 19th OVI contains a transcript of General Order #3, dated 20 November 1861. "Every soldier must have constantly one cap or one hat, one great coat, one blanket, one coat, one pair of pants, two flannel shirts, two pair of drawers, two pair stockings, and one pair of shoes all in good order; those articles he is not wearing to be snugly packed in his knapsack. Each soldier should supply himself with a tin cup, plate, knife and fork, spoon and towel."