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Jeff Dugdale here. My latest book 'Arkansas Man. The Civil War's Universal Soldier' has just been published. It details uniform styles and issues on one specific date, July 4th 1863, in 10 different theatres and sub-theaters of war. Although the book concentrates on the uniform types worn by Arkansas troops, it automatically becomes a reference work for all mid-war Confederate troops, as the major depots supplied clothing to all the soldiers irrespective of which State they were from. (North Carolina being the only exception).
It is packed with numerous clothing issue tables, personal accounts, regimental records and dozens of full color uniform plates. Among the many uniforms portrayed are Richmond, Columbus, Selma, Atlanta, Jackson, Little Rock types as well as 'Home Sewn' items.
Please see the attachment for more details.
If you are interested in purchasing a copy do let me know. The book is priced at $48 including postage to the USA.
Kind Regards
Jeff Dugdale
Here are a few excerpts…
"From the blood soaked meadows of Gettysburg to the beleaguered bastions of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. From the sullen Confederate bivouacs on the Tennessee River to the battered, bloody earthworks of Helena. From the sweltering banks
of the Big Black River in Mississippi to the rancid swamps around Delhi, Louisiana. From the steaming camps at White Sulphur Springs in Arkansas to the 'no man's land' of the Indian Territory, and North, over the Missouri border; Arkansas Man could be found there.
No other State could claim to have soldiers in all these differing locations on the same exact date, July 4th 1863. Arkansas soldiers dressed in gray, brown, white and blue uniforms."
The book is divided into ten sections. Each section focusing on a different theatre or sub-theater of war, with each detailing clothing issues to all Arkansas units within that location. One or more units in each section are highlighted to provide accurate details of clothing issues and to depict exact uniform types worn on July 4th, while additional information is provided for all other Arkansas troops serving in that vicinity.
With the aid of numerous detailed clothing issue tables, intriguing photographs and soldier's memoirs and diaries we can build an accurate picture of the amount of clothing received and what those very diverse Confederate uniforms looked like. Consequently this book becomes a record of the attire of all Confederate soldiers on July 4th 1863, as Southern troops, regardless of their home State, tended to receive clothing from the same regional depots.
JULY 4TH 1863
SECTION 1. GETTYSBURG. PENNSYLVANIA
SECTION 2. TENNESSEE RIVER. TENNESSEE
SECTION 3. HELENA. ARKANSAS
SECTION 4. PORT HUDSON. LOUISIANA
SECTION 5. DELHI. LOUISIANA
SECTION 6. BIG BLACK RIVER. MISSISSIPPI
SECTION.7 VICKSBURG. MISSISSIPPI
SECTION 8. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. ARKANSAS
SECTION 9. INDIAN TERRITORY
SECTION 10. UNION ARKANSAS UNITS
The book contains dozens of clothing issue tables such as these…..
3RD ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT
CLOTHING ISSUES. APRIL - JUNE 1863
(ISSUED AT CULPEPER COURT HOUSE. VIRGINIA)
COMPANY 'A'. 2nd Lt. William D. Scoggin issued… 2 jackets, 43 pairs pants, 82 pairs shoes, 30 shirts, 21 pairs socks, 16 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'B'. Captain J. White Jones issued… 26 pairs of pants, 46 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 12 pairs socks, 8 pairs drawers, 1 blanket.
COMPANY 'C'. 1st Lt. Henry C. Hudspeth issued… 33 pairs of pants, 48 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 14 pairs socks, 11 pairs drawers, 1 hat.
COMPANY 'D'. Captain Samuel C. Harrell issued… 31 pairs pants, 40 pairs shoes, 17 shirts, 12 pairs socks, 10 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'E'. Captain James M. Stevens issued… 41 pairs pants, 64 pairs shoes, 26 shirts, 19 pairs socks, 15 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'F'. Captain Thomas J. Thrasher issued… 1 jacket, 37 pairs pants, 58 pairs shoes, 24 shirts, 16 pairs socks, 13 pairs drawers, 1 cap, 1 blanket.
COMPANY 'G'. Captain Alexander C. Jones issued… 36 pairs pants, 56 pairs shoes, 23 shirts, 16 pairs socks, 10 pairs drawers, 2 blankets.
COMPANY 'H'. Captain Frank Thach issued… 33 pairs pants, 67 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 14 pairs socks, 16 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'I'. 1st Lt. Benjamin T. Allen issued… 34 pairs pants, 46 pairs shoes, 24 shirts, 17 pairs socks, 15 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'K'. No surviving clothing records for this period.
TOTAL … 3 jackets, 324 pairs pants, 507 pairs shoes, 202 shirts, 114 pairs drawers, 1 hat, 1 cap, 4 blankets.
*The jackets were priced at $12.00, pants $10.00, $11.00 and $14.00, shoes $1.50, $6.00, $7.50 and $12.00, shirts $1.25, $2.25 and $2.50, socks $1.00 and drawers $1.25.
8TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT
CLOTHING ISSUES. JUNE 1863
(ISSUED AT BELL BUCKLE. TENNESSEE)
COMPANY 'A'. Captain W.H. Lankford issued… 9 jackets, 27 pairs pants, 14 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 21 pairs drawers, 5 hats
COMPANY 'B'. Captain Josephus Drennen issued… 4 jackets, 23 pairs pants, 13 pairs shoes, 15 shirts, 14 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'C'. 2nd Lt. Thomas J. Bowndes issued… 3 jackets, 26 pairs pants, 11 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 17 pairs drawers, 4 hats.
COMPANY 'D'. Captain Samuel L. McAllister issued… 2 jackets, 30 pairs pants, 16 pairs shoes, 17 shirts, 16 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'E'. Captain Edward F. Young issued… 8 jackets, 20 pairs pants, 10 pairs shoes, 17 shirts, 15 pairs drawers, 5 hats.
COMPANY 'F'. Captain Hugh A. Barnett issued… 12 jackets, 30 pairs pants, 14 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 16 pairs drawers, 7 hats.
COMPANY 'G'. Captain William P. Witt issued… 13 jackets, 31 pairs pants, 14 pairs shoes, 14 shirts, 13 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'H'. Captain Zechariah Leggett issued… 4 jackets, 31 pairs pants, 12 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 12 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'I'. Captain William F. Gibson issued… 7 jackets, 19 pairs pants, 10 pairs shoes, 14 shirts, 11 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'K'. Captain John C. Neavill issued… 9 jackets, 26 pairs pants, 10 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 14 pairs drawers, 4 hats.
TOTAL ISSUED … 71 jackets, 263 pairs pants, 124 pairs shoes, 171 shirts, 149 pairs drawers, 40 hats.
JUST SOME OF THE MANY FIRST – HAND CLOTHING DESCRIPTIONS…..
"Some few wore a rebel suit of gray, but by far the largest portion wore a dirty white colored cotton suit, coarse in texture. Part of them were barefooted and as for hats, they were of every style and shape. All the officers I saw were well dressed and looked clean and nice, but the soldiers looked dirty and filthy in the extreme."
"Here they were, the real truculent and unmitigated reb, in butternut of every shade, from the dingy green which clothes the unripe nut, to the tawny brown and faded tan which it wears at its other stages – butternut mixed with a dull characterless gray. There was no attempt at uniform, yet something common, in the dress of the whole company."
"Last night the Captain received orders to the effect that - the time having arrived that the army must again take to the field, he was to collect all surplus clothing, leaving two suits to the man, and all surplus bedding, leaving one blanket to the man, and make them into a bale and leave them at Little Rock. This it is said is done on account of the lack of transport. You need not send any more clothing for I have as much as I can manage."
"We have lately drawn clothing. John Samuel drew a good pair brown jeans pants. I drew a first rate pair shoes. In addition to this we drew a uniform jacket for each. This we done for the sake of uniform. "
"At Trenton 18 miles this side Helena we halted for a day or two and made preparations for the battle. Such as appointing infirmary corps; cooking two days rations; leaving all our clothing and blankets even our coats we deemed prudent to leave and go on in our over shirt-sleeves."
"Yesterday afternoon about three hundred prisoners arrived via the Jeffersonville Railroad from Port Hudson, and were escorted by a company of the Seventy-first regiment to Camp Morton. These fellows are not so very lean as we are apt to imagine rebel soldiers to look. They were not so thin, 'by a jug full' as Hamlet's apothecary. On the contrary, they looked fat. Starved out. Their clothes, too, were good -- at least not ragged; their shoes good and altogether they were a pretty good-looking set of chaps."
EXAMPLES OF VERY DETAILED CLOTHING ISSUES....
PRIVATE W.J. BAXLEY… October 15th 1862… 1 cap. No price. October 28th 1862… 1 kersey jacket $4.00. November 7th 1862… 1 cap $1.75, 1 shirt $1.40, 1 pair pants $4.00, 1 pair drawers $1.40. December 14th 1862… 1 coat $5.00. January 15th 1863… 1 pair shoes $4.00, 1 blanket. February 7th 1863… 1 pair pants. $6.00. April 25th 1863 … 1 pair shoes.
PRIVATE J.F. COOK… September 7th 1862… 1 shirt $2.50. September 20th 1862… 1 pair shoes $3.00. October 15th 1862… 1 cap. 1 coat. No price. November 7th 1862… 1 comfort $6.00.
February 7th 1863… 1 pair pants $6.75, 1 pair drawers $3.50, 1 shirt $4.00. February 23rd 1863… 1 pair pants. $9.00. March 12th 1863… 1 blanket. April 25th 1863… 1 pair shoes. April 28th 1863… 1 pair shoes, 1 pair socks. August 23rd 1863… 1 hat.
CORPORAL J.H. FORD… October 28th 1862… 1 pair cassimere pants $8.00, 1 cloth hat $2.50.
November 7th 1862… 3 shirts $4.20. January 15th 1863… 1 pair shoes $4.00, 1 shirt $3.00, 1 pair drawers $3.00. February 7th 1863… 1 blanket $6.00. February 23rd 1863… 1 pair pants $6.50. April 25th 1863… 1 pair shoes. May 30th 1863… 1 shirt. July 29th 1863… 1 pair pants. August 18th 1863… 1 pair drawers.
PRIVATE HUGH HENRY… September 20th 1862… 1 shirt $2.50. October 28th 1862… 1 kersey coat $4.00, 1 pair shoes $3.00. November 7th 1862... 1 shirt. $1.40, 1 cap $1.75, 2 pairs drawers $2.80. January 15th 1863… 1 coat $5.00. February 23rd 1863… 1 pair pants $9.00. May 30th 1863… 1 pair shoes, 1 hat.
Jeff Dugdale here. My latest book 'Arkansas Man. The Civil War's Universal Soldier' has just been published. It details uniform styles and issues on one specific date, July 4th 1863, in 10 different theatres and sub-theaters of war. Although the book concentrates on the uniform types worn by Arkansas troops, it automatically becomes a reference work for all mid-war Confederate troops, as the major depots supplied clothing to all the soldiers irrespective of which State they were from. (North Carolina being the only exception).
It is packed with numerous clothing issue tables, personal accounts, regimental records and dozens of full color uniform plates. Among the many uniforms portrayed are Richmond, Columbus, Selma, Atlanta, Jackson, Little Rock types as well as 'Home Sewn' items.
Please see the attachment for more details.
If you are interested in purchasing a copy do let me know. The book is priced at $48 including postage to the USA.
Kind Regards
Jeff Dugdale
Here are a few excerpts…
"From the blood soaked meadows of Gettysburg to the beleaguered bastions of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. From the sullen Confederate bivouacs on the Tennessee River to the battered, bloody earthworks of Helena. From the sweltering banks
of the Big Black River in Mississippi to the rancid swamps around Delhi, Louisiana. From the steaming camps at White Sulphur Springs in Arkansas to the 'no man's land' of the Indian Territory, and North, over the Missouri border; Arkansas Man could be found there.
No other State could claim to have soldiers in all these differing locations on the same exact date, July 4th 1863. Arkansas soldiers dressed in gray, brown, white and blue uniforms."
The book is divided into ten sections. Each section focusing on a different theatre or sub-theater of war, with each detailing clothing issues to all Arkansas units within that location. One or more units in each section are highlighted to provide accurate details of clothing issues and to depict exact uniform types worn on July 4th, while additional information is provided for all other Arkansas troops serving in that vicinity.
With the aid of numerous detailed clothing issue tables, intriguing photographs and soldier's memoirs and diaries we can build an accurate picture of the amount of clothing received and what those very diverse Confederate uniforms looked like. Consequently this book becomes a record of the attire of all Confederate soldiers on July 4th 1863, as Southern troops, regardless of their home State, tended to receive clothing from the same regional depots.
JULY 4TH 1863
SECTION 1. GETTYSBURG. PENNSYLVANIA
SECTION 2. TENNESSEE RIVER. TENNESSEE
SECTION 3. HELENA. ARKANSAS
SECTION 4. PORT HUDSON. LOUISIANA
SECTION 5. DELHI. LOUISIANA
SECTION 6. BIG BLACK RIVER. MISSISSIPPI
SECTION.7 VICKSBURG. MISSISSIPPI
SECTION 8. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. ARKANSAS
SECTION 9. INDIAN TERRITORY
SECTION 10. UNION ARKANSAS UNITS
The book contains dozens of clothing issue tables such as these…..
3RD ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT
CLOTHING ISSUES. APRIL - JUNE 1863
(ISSUED AT CULPEPER COURT HOUSE. VIRGINIA)
COMPANY 'A'. 2nd Lt. William D. Scoggin issued… 2 jackets, 43 pairs pants, 82 pairs shoes, 30 shirts, 21 pairs socks, 16 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'B'. Captain J. White Jones issued… 26 pairs of pants, 46 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 12 pairs socks, 8 pairs drawers, 1 blanket.
COMPANY 'C'. 1st Lt. Henry C. Hudspeth issued… 33 pairs of pants, 48 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 14 pairs socks, 11 pairs drawers, 1 hat.
COMPANY 'D'. Captain Samuel C. Harrell issued… 31 pairs pants, 40 pairs shoes, 17 shirts, 12 pairs socks, 10 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'E'. Captain James M. Stevens issued… 41 pairs pants, 64 pairs shoes, 26 shirts, 19 pairs socks, 15 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'F'. Captain Thomas J. Thrasher issued… 1 jacket, 37 pairs pants, 58 pairs shoes, 24 shirts, 16 pairs socks, 13 pairs drawers, 1 cap, 1 blanket.
COMPANY 'G'. Captain Alexander C. Jones issued… 36 pairs pants, 56 pairs shoes, 23 shirts, 16 pairs socks, 10 pairs drawers, 2 blankets.
COMPANY 'H'. Captain Frank Thach issued… 33 pairs pants, 67 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 14 pairs socks, 16 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'I'. 1st Lt. Benjamin T. Allen issued… 34 pairs pants, 46 pairs shoes, 24 shirts, 17 pairs socks, 15 pairs drawers.
COMPANY 'K'. No surviving clothing records for this period.
TOTAL … 3 jackets, 324 pairs pants, 507 pairs shoes, 202 shirts, 114 pairs drawers, 1 hat, 1 cap, 4 blankets.
*The jackets were priced at $12.00, pants $10.00, $11.00 and $14.00, shoes $1.50, $6.00, $7.50 and $12.00, shirts $1.25, $2.25 and $2.50, socks $1.00 and drawers $1.25.
8TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT
CLOTHING ISSUES. JUNE 1863
(ISSUED AT BELL BUCKLE. TENNESSEE)
COMPANY 'A'. Captain W.H. Lankford issued… 9 jackets, 27 pairs pants, 14 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 21 pairs drawers, 5 hats
COMPANY 'B'. Captain Josephus Drennen issued… 4 jackets, 23 pairs pants, 13 pairs shoes, 15 shirts, 14 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'C'. 2nd Lt. Thomas J. Bowndes issued… 3 jackets, 26 pairs pants, 11 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 17 pairs drawers, 4 hats.
COMPANY 'D'. Captain Samuel L. McAllister issued… 2 jackets, 30 pairs pants, 16 pairs shoes, 17 shirts, 16 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'E'. Captain Edward F. Young issued… 8 jackets, 20 pairs pants, 10 pairs shoes, 17 shirts, 15 pairs drawers, 5 hats.
COMPANY 'F'. Captain Hugh A. Barnett issued… 12 jackets, 30 pairs pants, 14 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 16 pairs drawers, 7 hats.
COMPANY 'G'. Captain William P. Witt issued… 13 jackets, 31 pairs pants, 14 pairs shoes, 14 shirts, 13 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'H'. Captain Zechariah Leggett issued… 4 jackets, 31 pairs pants, 12 pairs shoes, 18 shirts, 12 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'I'. Captain William F. Gibson issued… 7 jackets, 19 pairs pants, 10 pairs shoes, 14 shirts, 11 pairs drawers, 3 hats.
COMPANY 'K'. Captain John C. Neavill issued… 9 jackets, 26 pairs pants, 10 pairs shoes, 20 shirts, 14 pairs drawers, 4 hats.
TOTAL ISSUED … 71 jackets, 263 pairs pants, 124 pairs shoes, 171 shirts, 149 pairs drawers, 40 hats.
JUST SOME OF THE MANY FIRST – HAND CLOTHING DESCRIPTIONS…..
"Some few wore a rebel suit of gray, but by far the largest portion wore a dirty white colored cotton suit, coarse in texture. Part of them were barefooted and as for hats, they were of every style and shape. All the officers I saw were well dressed and looked clean and nice, but the soldiers looked dirty and filthy in the extreme."
"Here they were, the real truculent and unmitigated reb, in butternut of every shade, from the dingy green which clothes the unripe nut, to the tawny brown and faded tan which it wears at its other stages – butternut mixed with a dull characterless gray. There was no attempt at uniform, yet something common, in the dress of the whole company."
"Last night the Captain received orders to the effect that - the time having arrived that the army must again take to the field, he was to collect all surplus clothing, leaving two suits to the man, and all surplus bedding, leaving one blanket to the man, and make them into a bale and leave them at Little Rock. This it is said is done on account of the lack of transport. You need not send any more clothing for I have as much as I can manage."
"We have lately drawn clothing. John Samuel drew a good pair brown jeans pants. I drew a first rate pair shoes. In addition to this we drew a uniform jacket for each. This we done for the sake of uniform. "
"At Trenton 18 miles this side Helena we halted for a day or two and made preparations for the battle. Such as appointing infirmary corps; cooking two days rations; leaving all our clothing and blankets even our coats we deemed prudent to leave and go on in our over shirt-sleeves."
"Yesterday afternoon about three hundred prisoners arrived via the Jeffersonville Railroad from Port Hudson, and were escorted by a company of the Seventy-first regiment to Camp Morton. These fellows are not so very lean as we are apt to imagine rebel soldiers to look. They were not so thin, 'by a jug full' as Hamlet's apothecary. On the contrary, they looked fat. Starved out. Their clothes, too, were good -- at least not ragged; their shoes good and altogether they were a pretty good-looking set of chaps."
EXAMPLES OF VERY DETAILED CLOTHING ISSUES....
PRIVATE W.J. BAXLEY… October 15th 1862… 1 cap. No price. October 28th 1862… 1 kersey jacket $4.00. November 7th 1862… 1 cap $1.75, 1 shirt $1.40, 1 pair pants $4.00, 1 pair drawers $1.40. December 14th 1862… 1 coat $5.00. January 15th 1863… 1 pair shoes $4.00, 1 blanket. February 7th 1863… 1 pair pants. $6.00. April 25th 1863 … 1 pair shoes.
PRIVATE J.F. COOK… September 7th 1862… 1 shirt $2.50. September 20th 1862… 1 pair shoes $3.00. October 15th 1862… 1 cap. 1 coat. No price. November 7th 1862… 1 comfort $6.00.
February 7th 1863… 1 pair pants $6.75, 1 pair drawers $3.50, 1 shirt $4.00. February 23rd 1863… 1 pair pants. $9.00. March 12th 1863… 1 blanket. April 25th 1863… 1 pair shoes. April 28th 1863… 1 pair shoes, 1 pair socks. August 23rd 1863… 1 hat.
CORPORAL J.H. FORD… October 28th 1862… 1 pair cassimere pants $8.00, 1 cloth hat $2.50.
November 7th 1862… 3 shirts $4.20. January 15th 1863… 1 pair shoes $4.00, 1 shirt $3.00, 1 pair drawers $3.00. February 7th 1863… 1 blanket $6.00. February 23rd 1863… 1 pair pants $6.50. April 25th 1863… 1 pair shoes. May 30th 1863… 1 shirt. July 29th 1863… 1 pair pants. August 18th 1863… 1 pair drawers.
PRIVATE HUGH HENRY… September 20th 1862… 1 shirt $2.50. October 28th 1862… 1 kersey coat $4.00, 1 pair shoes $3.00. November 7th 1862... 1 shirt. $1.40, 1 cap $1.75, 2 pairs drawers $2.80. January 15th 1863… 1 coat $5.00. February 23rd 1863… 1 pair pants $9.00. May 30th 1863… 1 pair shoes, 1 hat.
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