Uniform Study: 5th Louisiana Frock Coat please click on any image to enlarge One of the most frequently asked questions we get here is "when are you folks going to make a CS frock." The answer is, sometime this spring. The coat we'll be making is based off a coat in a SC museum. We'll have more deta...

Uniform Study: Lt. Starr's Sack Coat by Christopher Daley (click on any image for a larger view) One of the most frequently requested items that we are asked to reproduce are private purchase sack coats. From the lowliest private to General Grant, commercially produced sack coats can be seen through...

Synopsis of Sack Coat Contracts: "U.S. Army Quartermaster Contracts, 1861-1865" compiled by E.J. Coates and F.C. Gaede from National Archives, RG 217, Treasury Department Records, Entry 236, QMD Contracts (Lutherville, MD: Production Draft No. 1, May 2001). A total of 142 contracts for sack coats we...

Chevrons Description Copy of Federal Chevrons Time Frame 1860 Materials Wool trim, wool backing Assembly Machine Sewn Size 3/8" trim Price $25-$65 depending on rank Rank Corporal $25.00 Sergeant $30.00 First Sergeant $35.00 Sergeant Major $45.00 Principal Musician $60.00 Branch of Service Infantry A...

Uniform Study: St. Louis Depot Mounted Services Jacket by Christopher J. Daley Back ground: In December of 1998, Dave Jurgella and I had the opportunity to inspect and document a mounted services jacket on display at the Farnsworth House in Gettysburg, PA. This jacket is now in a private collection....