Clothing Issues to Regiments

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Where online can I find total amounts of clothing, equipment, etc. that was issued to regiments for free?

Regiments were not issued clothes or equipment.

Individual soldiers were issued shoes & clothing on a regular schedule.

Before the March to the Sea the members of Sherman's army group were issued shoes & clothes. Any traps or weapons that required attention were replaced. At Savannah, the army group received a complete refit from the ships waiting off shore.

The question you ask has a simple by regulation answer & highly variable dependent on a host of conditions answer.
 
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Individual soldiers were issued shoes & clothing on a regular schedule.
In his journal, Abner Small (3rd Maine) relates that he was among the last to show up for the initial muster-in; therefore the clothing that he was issued was what no one else wanted. He writes that his shirt was so large that the officer in charge joked that he (Small) could also fit his sweetheart in it--and no one would be the wiser!
 
I am interested in the uniforms and equipment of the fifth Michigan Cavalry, if anyone knows.
 

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