Chevrons

[oiffirefighter]

I am looking for 1st SGt chevrons with EAC backing. Thats where I'm running into problems. Find most basic colors just no EAC. Any recommendations?

 

[Bentonville]

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[RedRover]

Consider just trimming away the backing and sew on the trim... from originals...

A confederate vet in his period jacket...

 

[Lampasas Bill]

I am looking for 1st SGt chevrons with EAC backing. Thats where I'm running into problems. Find most basic colors just no EAC. Any recommendations?

Out of curiosity, what does "EAC" stand for?

 

[captaindrew]

Out of curiosity, what does "EAC" stand for?

English Army Clothe, imported blue grey wool predominant in CS uniforms late War

 

[PrivateBrooke]

Out of curiosity, what does "EAC" stand for?

"English Army Cloth." It's a specific kersey broadcloth that the Confederacy sourced from England. Many late war CS uniforms were made from it.

 

[captaindrew]

I am looking for 1st SGt chevrons with EAC backing. Thats where I'm running into problems. Find most basic colors just no EAC. Any recommendations?

Don't use backing, just sew the stripes on individually, Confederates didn't use backing

 

[PrivateBrooke]

Blockade Runner sells good chevrons with no backing, they're a pain to sew on though.

 

[oiffirefighter]

"English Army Cloth." It's a specific kersey broadcloth that the Confederacy sourced from England. Many late war CS uniforms were made from it.

same thing im having made right now. RD TYPE 3 IN EAC with ECD pants

 

[captaindrew]

Doing a late war impression you also can go with subdued rank insignia which became pretty common. Just sew on the lozenge (diamond part of the chevron)

 

[oiffirefighter]

 

[Old Breck]

The subdued rank is actually getting over-represented these days. The barometer swung too far in the other direction and I think we need to tone it down a little bit. Just got too trendy. Same with blue chevrons on CS garments.

Do what others have said and don't worry about the backing. I'm not sure if there are any original CS garments that show that type of construction. There's also so many different shades of the imported cloth that unless you know for sure what batch of fabric your jacket is from, it won't match.

 

[RedRover]

Historically, evidently depended on circumstances, etc. In Larry J. Daniels' "Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee" he notes a late 1863 observation by some that Bragg's army of Tennessee had largely done away with bothering about "chevrons" at all.

 

[PrivateBrooke]

I, personally, don't even bother with my rank insignia at all(corporal, I have ONE early war jacket with chevrons on it) and leave the sleeves plain. My unit knows who I am, they're a pain to sew on, and quite frankly we most times don't have enough people to justify having an officer, two sergeants, and a corporal. Plus if I go somewhere without them, I don't have to worry about it.