Looking for Patterns for Period Military Shoes

[UnicornForge]

Does anyone know where to find patterns or has patterns to share for any period military type shoes? Any of the following would be helpful, Atlanta Depot Shoes, Jefferson Brogans or Regulation Style Brogans.

Thank you in advance.

Dave Einhorn

[marktaylor]

Re: Looking for Patterns for Period Military Shoes

UnicornForge,
I have some info on the CS issue wooden sole shoe, including a "pattern" of sorts, but I cannot get my scanner to operate correctly. I'll scan the info at my parents house the first chance I get and post here. It is really some instructions and drawings on a crudely made original pair housed in the Albany, NY capitol.
While I work on that, I'll leave you with this info I had saved in my research folder. This letter was posted by Jim Kindred back in 1999. It is a very interesting letter.

Letter dated Jan 30, 1863 addressed to Gen Alexander R Lawton QM General, Richmond VA:

General:
I have sent 2 quartermasters over the rifge to purchase leather for the use of this army. The one in the lower valley reports that he has found 2,880 sides, all in the hands of original manufactures except 220 side, which are in the hands of speculators. The officer in the upper valley had only visited 3 tanneries when he wrote, and had only found 400 sides ready for use, but many were in course of preparation. Some of this leather could be bought at Government prices, though it was offered in exchange for rawhides. They asked in some cases as high as $10 a pound for upper and $7 for sole. The Chief Quartermaster of the Army brought me in this morning a sample of the shoes recently sent from Richmond. One pair was of Richmond manufacture and another from Columbus, Ga. They were intended to be fair samples of each lot and were selected with that view. Neither could compare with the shoes made in this army. The Richmond shoe, the face of the leather was turned in. That is, the side of the skin next to the animal was turned out, which is contrary to the practice of the best makers and contrary to the arrangement of nature. Without knowing the results of the experiment in this matter, I should therefore think it wrong. The leather of the Columbus shoe was not half tanned and the shoe was badly made. The soles of both slight and would not withstand a week's march in mud and water. If I could get leather I could set 500 shoemakers to work. The scraps would answer for repairs. i have the workmen and tools. Can you get for me the leather referred to above, or authorize the Chief Quartermaster of the Army to do so? I am not in favor of exchanging hides for leather at the rates established in this schedule, viz, 45 cents for the hides and $2.80 for the leather. The old rule in Virginia, and I believe it is still practiced, was to receive one-ha;f of the leather produced by the hides. I do not know whether we could exchange at that rate. The army is in great distress for shoes and clothes. Every inspection report painfully shoes it, artillery, cavalry, and infantry. The requisitions sent are unanswered.
I am with great respect, your obt svt,
RE Lee
General