Marine Corps bootees

[major bill]

Were Civil War era Marine Corps bootees and Civil War era Army bootees exactly the same? In 1861 Henry Newton of North Weymouth Mass. received a contract for 6,000 pairs of Marine Corps bootees. Does anyone know if Newton was also making bootees for the Us Army? One of the problems is not known examples of Civil War era Marine Corps shoes have been discovered.

The Marine Corps required:

Officer - Ankle or Jefferson.
Enlisted Men - Of the pattern now furnished to the Infantry of the U.S. Army; to be made rights and lefts, and inspected before they are dressed off; the dressing to be done under the supervision of the Quartermaster's Department.

"By 1859 , Marines were provided the same foot wear as issued to soldiers. Properly made with good materials the "brogan" was used extensively by the Army and Marine Corps for decades proceeding the Civil War and remained in use for some time afterward. Marine Quartermaster Department records also referred to the brogan as bootee." (Lt. Col. Charles H. Cureton, USMCR (Ret.) and David M Sullivan, The Civil War Uniforms The United States Marine Corps: The Regulations of 1859, p. 155).

Next question: What kind of shoes were issued to U.S. sailors during the Civil War?

 

[Joe Corrado]

Bill, to my knowledge, the Marine Corps were likely issued similar brogans to the U.S Army. There was a bit of crossover with kit between the two branches (for instance, the Marine Corps received the same canteens and haversacks as the U.S Army), so it may have been the case that they were issued the same Federal brogans, but I can't say for certain. Great question!

 

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Were Civil War era Marine Corps bootees and Civil War era Army bootees exactly the same? In 1861 Henry Newton of North Weymouth Mass. received a contract for 6,000 pairs of Marine Corps bootees. Does anyone know if Newton was also making bootees for the Us Army? One of the problems is not known examples of Civil War era Marine Corps shoes have been discovered.

The Marine Corps required:

Officer - Ankle or Jefferson.
Enlisted Men - Of the pattern now furnished to the Infantry of the U.S. Army; to be made rights and lefts, and inspected before they are dressed off; the dressing to be done under the supervision of the Quartermaster's Department.

"By 1859 , Marines were provided the same foot wear as issued to soldiers. Properly made with good materials the "brogan" was used extensively by the Army and Marine Corps for decades proceeding the Civil War and remained in use for some time afterward. Marine Quartermaster Department records also referred to the brogan as bootee." (Lt. Col. Charles H. Cureton, USMCR (Ret.) and David M Sullivan, The Civil War Uniforms The United States Marine Corps: The Regulations of 1859, p. 155).

Next question: What kind of shoes were issued to U.S. sailors during the Civil War?

According to the "Shoe and Leather Reporter", the only difference was that these bootees were "oak-tanned"

In the same article it was noted that the contract for sailor shoes went to a Philadelphia house and the shoes were low cut sailor shoes, one year from July 1st, 1861.

In researching, it is also apparent that Weymouth became the shoe manufacturing center of at least North America, boasting over 75 shoe factories. Newton alone employed over 300 men and could turn out 1,500 pair of shoes per week.