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    I have looked on this forum and have searched the web as well as read a number of books and looked through thousands and thousands of pictures and have read articles and regulation papers looking for the reason why people put the NC on North Carolina "Issue blankets". Are these even accurate? Even for early war? To clarify because I know I made it quite confusing. Is the NC on the blankets accurate?

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    Re: North Carolina Blankets

    There was an article done in the Journal of the Company of Military Historians in, I believe, 1989 by Fred Gaede that presented 3 NC Blankets all with the "NC" sewn in the center. All of the blankets were described (they were similar) and the "NC" letters (which were also similar in size and form) analyzed. I don't have it available but I believe that the article was in the second "Confederate" only issue which also contained the second part of the original Jensen study and the second part of Ross Kimmel's article on Maryland CS uniforms. I seem to remember that the three NC blankets were close enough to have been part of a production run.
    Hope that helps

    Dick Milstead
    Hardaway's Alabama Battery
    Company of Military Historians
    Richard Milstead

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    • #3
      Re: North Carolina Blankets

      I can tell you that Fred and Ross are very knowledgable about the subject. I worked with Ross until he retired and had the chance to talk to him and Fred about the NC blankets. Before Dave Jurgella retired I had the chance to reveiw his notes on the NC blanket.

      John A. Miller
      John A. Miller, Director
      Monterey Pass Battlefield Park

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        Re: North Carolina Blankets

        Tim @ S&S has either all of Dave's notes or a copy of his notes, and knows almost as much as Fred. His blanket binder is about 3 inches thick and full of info. When I was last in his shop during the Gettysburg weekend he showed me the diagram and picture how the NC was sewn into the blanket, very very interesting. Give him a call or shoot him an email, he may have the answers you're looking for.
        Last edited by mike44thva; 07-27-2012, 08:36 PM. Reason: Clarification
        Mike Barnes

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

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        • #5
          Re: North Carolina Blankets

          Mike your right about Tim Sheads. I found a copy of that diagram that came from Dave in my notes.

          John A. Miller
          John A. Miller, Director
          Monterey Pass Battlefield Park

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          • #6
            Re: North Carolina Blankets

            Eli,
            First forum rules require you to sign your post. 2nd inshort yes they are accurate!
            [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][SIZE=3]Michael Phillips, GGG Grandson of
            Pvt Edmond Phillips, 44th NCT, Co E, "The Turtle Paws"[/SIZE]
            [SIZE=2]Mustered in March 1862
            Paroled at Appomattox C.H. Virginia, April 15, 1865[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

            [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=Navy][B]"Good, now we'll have news from Hell before breakfast."[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
            Was Gen Sherman's response upon hearing the capture and execution of 3 reporters who had followed from Atlanta, by the rebels.
            The execution part turned out to be false.[COLOR=DarkRed] [B]Dagg Nabbit![/B][/COLOR][/FONT]

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              Attached is the Fred Gaede article from the Company of Military
              Historians on the NC blankets.

              Enjoy,
              Mark Susnis
              Mark Susnis
              Msusnis@hotmail.com

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                Re: North Carolina Blankets

                Was the "NC" sewn on blankets tho' from the very first production run, or are the surviving blankets from one of the last runs? In short, could have the "NC" been a factory modification that developed over time, much as RD jackets went from full tape trim to modertae trim to sas belt loops, epaulettes and trim? Thanks.
                Tom "Mingo" Machingo
                Independent Rifles, Weevil's Mess

                Vixi Et Didici

                "I think and highly hope that this war will end this year, and Oh then what a happy time we will have. No need of writing then but we can talk and talk again, and my boy can talk to me and I will never tire of listening to him and he will want to go with me everywhere I go, and I will be certain to let him go if there is any possible chance."
                Marion Hill Fitzpatrick
                Company K, 45th Georgia Infantry
                KIA Petersburg, Virginia

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                • #9
                  Re: North Carolina Blankets

                  One of the characteristics that differs between the research and study of material culture and recreation of material items for use in living history is the separation of fact from speculation in terms of what is known and what is depicted. The researcher is strictly bound by what either is known through original examples or can be documented through period primary sources. Yes, there is hypothesis sometimes linked to original sources but the step of going beyond what is demonstrable from them is (or at least should be) outside of the research. Living history portrayal can be somewhat more speculative with less strict grounding to the sources so long as the general framework of the portrayal is accurate to the period. Hence, a material cultural researcher would answer the question above by saying that there are three known NC Blankets with the provenance and characteristics documented in Fred's article and that is all that can be said. The participant in a living history portrayal would utilize a NC Blanket as part of an impression of NC Troups and the question asked would then be pertinent depending upon the details of what and when the portrayal involved.

                  All of the above dissertation is to say unless there are other documented original examples of NC Blankets or there are definitive references in period sources pertaining to the production, provisioning, and/or use of NC Blankets the question may be of interest to a "Living Historian" desiring to use a NC Blanket as part of a specific impression but is somewhat irrelevant in terms of the facts that are actually available. That is, the question can't be answered with any historical accuracy.

                  Fred Gaede is one of the premier researchers in material culture working in the field today. I would seriously doubt unless new research of the type that I am discribing has surfaced since the article was originally written that any answer exists to the question posed above. Fred's article (including the pictures and drawings that were included but not shown above) is a "text book" on the analysis and discription of original items from a material culture perspective

                  Dick Milstead
                  Hardaway's Alabama Battery
                  Company of Military Historians
                  Richard Milstead

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