Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1861)

[pheaur]

I thought maybe someone would find the following information interesting. Information only pertains to Ohio. I also have the results1862. Will try to post. Each entry shows the date of arrival, Company or individual responsible for delivery, the quantity, and the calibre of the arms.

April 30, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 360 58
TOTAL FOR APRIL 360

May 15, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 480 58
May 21, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 620 58
May 27, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 500 58
TOTAL FOR MAY 1,600

June 15, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 300 58
June 15, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 80 57
June 30, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 60 57
June 30, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 180 58
TOTAL FOR JUNE 620

July 6, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 100 58
July 6, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 20 57
July 8, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 120 58
July 9, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 380 58
July 9, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 40 57
July 10, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 60 58
July 11, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 60 58
July 25, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 740 58
July 26, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 1,400 58
July 29, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 780 58
TOTAL FOR JULY 3,700

August 3, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 460 58
August 8, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 200 58
August 17, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 240 58
August 23, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 200 58
August 24, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 220 58
TOTAL FOR AUGUST 1,320

September 6, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 200 58
September 6, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 480 58
September 7, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 300 58
TOATL FOR SEPTEMBER 980

October 4, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 200 58
October 4, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 200 58
October 5, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 600 58
October 7, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 800 58
October 18, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 400 58
October 26, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 400 58
October 29, 1861 C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 300 58
TOTAL FOR OCTOBER 2,900

November 1861 None Reported
TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER 0

December 16, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 280 58
December 16, 1861 Tiffany & Co 1,200 58
December 17, 1861 Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 40 58
December 20, 1861 F. H. Lawson - Saber Bayonet 100 58
December 30, 1861 Tiffany & Co 240 58
December 31, 1861 Tiffany & Co 240 58
TOTAL FOR DECEMBER 2,100
TOTAL FOR 1861 13,580

TOTALS BY
Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 5,320
C. P. Wolcott purchased in England 6,480
Tiffany & Co 1,680
F. H. Lawson - Saber Bayonet 100
TOTAL 13,580

[Craig L Barry]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1861)

Are the dates listed above purchase dates (as I suspect) or dates of delivery?

[pheaur]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1861)

The dates are delivery dates. Information was taken from Series 2224 BV990. There were dates of purchase, but they are not included with this post. If anyone is inerested they can refer to the the resource mentined above. Lots of information in this series regrading delivery dates, purchase dates, and issued equipment to individual regiments.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1861)

Hallo!

"Information was taken from Series 2224 BV990."

Herr Christopher, you may want to list the full reference, or better yet the link, for lads who might want to explore further?

Curt

[James Brenner]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1861)

Yes, what Curt said.

Thanks.

[Craig L Barry]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1861)

This will come as no news to most of you...but I am very confused. 2 days after Ft Sumter a load of Enfields from SH&G is delivered to the state of Ohio? SH&G had not arrived in Britain to procure Enfield contracts until May 1861. Presumably this is some sort of state contract brokered by SH&G pre-secession? Where did they go? It is a small order to be sure, they don't begin arriving in any appreciable quantity until after August...which is when Massachusetts began receiving what I thought where the first shipments of Enfields from Britain.

In "The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the States" (Wilson), it states "Ohio and Wisconsin (during the first weeks of the war), like other states, sent purchasing agents east looking to buy weapons directly rather than waiting for the Ordnance Department officials to send them...a commission of agents visited several Eastern cities and concluded there were no weapons to be had in a reasonable period of time, and it was better to wait for deliveries from the national government." It also states, "SH&G, in addition to purchasing arms for the US military also bought arms for their own state. I would interpret that passage on their own state as "NY" not Ohio.

Yes I would like to have the link to those records.

[pheaur]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1861)

Sorry for the inconvenience everyone. My apologies. Hopefully this information will help. I began my research about three years ago. I wanted to know what kind of equipment was issued to a specific regiment. During the process of gathering information I ended up with several spreadsheets pertaining to equipmet, arms, and uniform contracts. The information I provided was just one of those speadsheets. There are no links to view over the internet as far as I know. The information can be found at:
Ohio Historical Society - Archives Library
Columubus, Ohio
Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1860-1888
Ohio Adjutant Generals Department
State Archive Series 2224 BV990
(its a pretty big book)

My researching days have come to an end. I have moved on to explore other things. I found the AC an excellent site where individuals have past along useful information that I myself have used in the past. Therefore, I am trying to do the same thing. I quess someone can pick up where I left off. I will try posting more information that pertains to total arms received by Ohio in 1861 and 1862, Enfield totals for 1862, and accoutrement totals for 1861. If you haven't noticed, my interest was 1861.

[pheaur]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Enfield - 1862)

January 7, 1862 C. P. Wolcott purchased from Naylor & Co 3,140 58
January 7, 1862 C. P. Wolcott purchased from Tiffany & Co 600 58
January 7, 1862 C. P. Wolcott purchased from Tiffany & Co 720 58
January 9, 1862 Schuyler H. & G. 180 58
TOTAL FOR JANUARY 4,640

February 1862 None Reported
TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY 0

March 1862 None Reported
TOTAL FOR MARCH 0

April 1862 None Reported
TOTAL FOR APRIL 0

May 31, 1862 Captain Crispin 800 58
TOTAL FOR MAY 800

June 2, 1862 Captain Crispin 2,640 58
June 3, 1862 Captain Crispin 3,520 58
June 4, 1862 Captain Crispin 3,040 58
TOATL FOR JUNE 9,200

July 1862 None Reported until November 1862
TOTAL FOR JULY 0

November 10, 1862 Captain Crispin 2,340 58
November 12, 1862 Captain Crispin 800 58
November 13, 1862 Captain Crispin 2,260 58
TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER 5,400
TOTAL FOR 1862 20,040

TOTALS BY
Schuyler Hartley & Graham, NY 180
C. P. Wolcott purchased from Naylor & Co 3,140
C. P. Wolcott purchased from Tiffany & Co 1,320
Captain Crispin 15,400
TOTAL 20,040
TOTAL FOR 1861 AND 1862 33,620

Ohio Historical Society - Archives Library
Columubus, Ohio
Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1860-1888
Ohio Adjutant Generals Department
State Archive Series 2224 BV990

[pheaur]

Re: Arming Ohio III (Part 1 - Knapsacks, Haversacks, Canteens - 1861)

KNAPSACKS
April 30, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 217
Total for April 217

May 8, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 1,433
May 15, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 1,189
May 15, 1861 A. M. Denig & Co Knapsacks 1,292
May 21, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 2,556
May 23, 1861 A. M. Denig & Co Knapsacks 657
May 25, 1861 A. M. Denig & Co Knapsacks 65
May 27, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 3,668
May 31, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 1,319
Total for May 12,179

June 15, 1861 State of Connecticut Knapsacks 1,000
June 15, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 8,751
Total for June 9,751

August 10, 1861 State of Connecticut Knapsacks 3,000
August 24, 1861 A. M. Denig & Co Knapsacks 1,086
August 30, 1861 A. M. Denig & Co Knapsacks 1,000
Total for August 5,086

September 10, 1861 A. M. Denig & Co Knapsacks 1,015
Total for September 1,015

October 2, 1861 A. M. Denig & Co Knapsacks 1,018
October 12, 1861 Cooper & Pond Knapsacks 1,599
Total for October 2,617

November 6, 1861 Schuylkill Arsenal Knapsacks 20,000
Total for November 20,000
TOTAL FOR 1861 50,865

TOTAL FOR
Cooper & Pond 20,732
A. M. Denig 6,133
State of Connecticut 4,000
Schuylkill Arsenal 20,000

HAVERSACKS
April 30, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 1,650
Total for April 1,650

May 15, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 2,750
May 21, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 1,875
May 27, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 4,670
May 31, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 900
Total for May 10,195

June 15, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 7,170
June 30, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 1,128
Total for June 8,298

August 6, 1861 A. M. Denig Haversacks 2,000
August 24, 1861 A. M. Denig Haversacks 1,000
August 28, 1861 A. M. Denig Haversacks 1,000
Total for August 4,000

October 12, 1861 Cooper & Pond Haversacks 1,468
Total for October 1,468

November 15, 1861 Schuylkill Arseanl Haversacks 20,000
Total for November 20,000

TOTAL FOR 1861 45,611

TOTAL FOR
Cooper & Pond 21,611
A. M. Denig 4,000
Schuylkill Arsenal 20,000

CANTEENS
April 30, 1861 Cooper & Pond Canteens 785
Total for April 785

May 15, 1861 Cooper & Pond Canteens 1,625
May 21, 1861 Cooper & Pond Canteens 900
May 27, 1861 Cooper & Pond Canteens 1,000
May 31, 1861 Cooper & Pond Canteens 1,800
Total for May 5,325

June 15, 1861 Cooper & Pond Canteens 3,975
June 30, 1861 Cooper & Pond Canteens 7,093
Total for June 11,068

November 13, 1861 Schyulkill Arsenal Canteens 20,000 First Class - Zinc Covered
Total for November

TOTAL FOR 1861 37,178

TOTAL FOR
Cooper & Pond 17,178
Schyulkill 20,000

Ohio Historical Society - Archives Library
Columubus, Ohio
Ordnance and ordnance stores, 1860-1888
Ohio Adjutant Generals Department
State Archive Series 2224 BV990