Service Chevrons

[CW44thIndiana]

Hello,
How long after reenlisting did the men usually receive their veteran service chevrons? Were they usually placed on their sack jackets or their more formal jackets?
THANKS

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Welcome to the forums.

 

[reading48]

Hello and Greetings from Penna.

 

[CMWinkler]

Welcome. Someone here should be able to answer your question.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I think you'll find the answer here,
http://www.cwreenactors.com/forum/showthread.php?7355-Service-Stripes

 

[CW44thIndiana]

I think you'll find the answer here,
http://www.cwreenactors.com/forum/showthread.php?7355-Service-Stripes

That was very helpful. THANKS! So, was the service chevron just the ribbon from one seam to the other or did it also include a thin ribbon that came to a point before going down to the seam between two buttons? Expired Image Removed

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I'm glad I could find some info that might help you. I believe the thin ribbon between the two buttons is only piping or trim color on his cuff. If you look closely, it appears that same thin ribbon is also on his collar as well. My guess is that he is a fashionable corporal with five years of service.

 

[chellers]

Welcome from East Texas.

 

[Ray Ball]

That was very helpful. THANKS! So, was the service chevron just the ribbon from one seam to the other or did it also include a thin ribbon that came to a point before going down to the seam between two buttons? Expired Image Removed View attachment 32266

Based on the color of the chevrons and piping I would venture the soldier is likely an Engineer or Cavalry. The "stripe" running through the cuff buttons is a piping, in the same color as the chevrons and service stripes. They appear to be yellow therefore the Cavalry/ Engineers guess. Although they could be buff colored or light blue which could make him infantry of course. That welting or piping was a part of the standard issue frock coat and only serves to indicate branch.

PS Welcome from the US Engineers

 

[CW44thIndiana]

Based on the color of the chevrons and piping I would venture the soldier is likely an Engineer of Cavalry. The "stripe" running through the cuff buttons is a piping, in the same color as the chevrons and service stripes. They appear to be yellow therefore the Cavalry/ Engineers guess. Although they could be buff colored or light blue which could make him infantry of course. That welting or piping was a part of the standard issue frock coat and only serves to indicate branch.

PS Welcome from the US Engineers

You all are so helpful and are making me very glad to have found this group! THANKS! I've spent 20 years researching the 44th Indiana and am in the process of editing my third book on the regiment but still have a lot to learn about this facet. We owe those old soldiers such a debt of gratitude.

 

[johan_steele]

Hello,
How long after reenlisting did the men usually receive their veteran service chevrons? Were they usually placed on their sack jackets or their more formal jackets?
THANKS

I've never seen an original CDV w/ Veteran Service chevron on a Sack coat. IMO mot of those were applied post war or at the end of the War and then to the Frock Coat. The man in the posted pic appears to be wearing a private purchase frock coat in which case the ribbon you speak of is part of the frock of even the lowly private.

 

[Tumbleweed]

Welcome from Wisconsin.

 

[CW44thIndiana]

I've never seen an original CDV w/ Veteran Service chevron on a Sack coat. IMO mot of those were applied post war or at the end of the War and then to the Frock Coat. The man in the posted pic appears to be wearing a private purchase frock coat in which case the ribbon you speak of is part of the frock of even the lowly private.

Thank you for that information; I didn't know the piping was part of the frock coat. As point of clarification on the posted photo: I posted it as an example of the Service Chevron and the piping I was trying to describe. (He's not from the 44th Indiana.)