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- Aug 25, 2012
This article, A Minnesota Artillery Officer's Inventory, 1863 by Stephen E. Osman shows an inventory of the final effects of a lieutenant and might show what a lieutenant could have carried for uniform items.
Note the civilian items, a pair of gray trousers , linen coat, and vest. The officer had uniform coat and a sack coat. Another interesting thing is the infantry overcoat.
Some questions:
1. What made the uniform vest a light artillery vest? How would this vest be any different than an infantry vest?
2. Twenty-seven shirt collars sounds like a lot?
3. Why three pairs of gloves, one pair of India rubber gloves, and a pair of gauntlets?
4. What made the civilian vest a Marseilles Vest?
Note the civilian items, a pair of gray trousers , linen coat, and vest. The officer had uniform coat and a sack coat. Another interesting thing is the infantry overcoat.
Some questions:
1. What made the uniform vest a light artillery vest? How would this vest be any different than an infantry vest?
2. Twenty-seven shirt collars sounds like a lot?
3. Why three pairs of gloves, one pair of India rubber gloves, and a pair of gauntlets?
4. What made the civilian vest a Marseilles Vest?