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Alright, I have decided to add a CD Type I to my kit. I am going with a County Cloth kit. The problem I am running into is that I am in Iraq, so research is a little hard to come by, but time I got. So here is my question. I cannot find any documentation for the kind and color of thread used, and the pictures that I can pull up aren't exactly helping. I am... well presupposing... that either logwood dyed or whited brown cotton, but I am more basing this on other jackets that I have made, not solid research. Has anyone made a good note about this topic from looking at originals?
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]Jason Huether[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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Re: Columbus Depot Type I Thread (Litterally)?
Hallo!
In brief and to over-generalize...
IMHO, since the Columbus Depot was operating under the "arsenal system" of creating "kits" to be made up into uniforms- there is a variety weaves, textures, and colors among surviving jackets based upon what the Columbus Depot received in at the time, and from time to time. (And who had what in their "kits" to use when they sewed up jackets).
The top-stitching on most surviving jackets seems to have been done with "dark color" thread with medium brown being common, including some sewing machine work.
On the surviving "Jones jacket", the thread used was dark brown.
On the surviving "McDonnell jacket," the upper thread was a dark blue and the interior thread was a medium brown.
Again, bieng brief and over-generalizing...
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Re: Columbus Depot Type I Thread (Litterally)?
Greetings, and a "thank you" for your service to our Country! That being said, I have a CD jacket in my panapoly that was crafted by Chris Daley, based upon the McDonnell jacket. Chris correctly used dark blue thread for the topstitching and dk. brown for the interior of it's construction. CD's are nice jackets! Best regards, TomTom "Mingo" Machingo
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Re: Columbus Depot Type I Thread (Litterally)?
Color is a relatively easy answer, but what about kind? Cotton or linen thread? From what I understand there were few linen manufacturings in the South, but how that would effect the supply of linen thread in the early to mid portion of the War, I do not know. Does anyone have experience with the type of thread used on either of the 3 type I's, or any of the known CD's?
Thanks for the help so far.[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]Jason Huether[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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