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Date Posted: 06/ 1/04 2:40:12pm
Author: KC MacDonald
Subject: Re: Original uniform for the 6th/15th TX at Franklin?
In reply to: Doug Cooper 's message, "Re: Original uniform for the 6th/15th TX at Franklin?" on 06/ 1/04 10:16:38am

Comrades,
Thanks for thinking about the poor overseas & ammo-less LazyJacks! Let us know how much we will owe and we will pay in Greenbacks at Franklin.

Most of my thoughts on late war AoT impression are on the Lazy Jacks impressions guidelines page, however I do have a few thoughts and observations which mostly backs up what has been said so far:

1) On relatively recent captures of Yankee kit (from Charles A. Leuschner's Diary, Co.B, 6th Texas -- he was a Texas Dutchy bless him!):
'July 22, 1864 (near Atlanta): After the fight was over, we seen knapsaks piled up as high as a house & all of our boys taken all the clothing they wanted; & the rest we destroyed. Nearly every one of us had 3 or 4 daguerotypes from the yankeys'
I suppose this would mainly have been lots of issue shirts and the like (as well as knapsacks!)Also a few likenesses of pretty Yankee frauleins (I mean ladies) to gawk at...

2)The 6th Texas only really stood still long enough to draw clothing on three occasions after the Atlanta campaign:
8-18th September, Lovejoy's Station, Ga
19-29 September, Palmetto Station, Ga (including a visit from Jeff Davis!)
17-25 October on the Georgia/Alabama line

Given our limited knowledge, if they drew anything at these locales it could have been Atlanta, Columbus (esp. copies of later known issues would be good for this -- e.g. ones with squared margins that begin to look like Alabamas), or the ole' Alabama jacket itself (aka Demopolis), which should have been available by this time. I figure a leavening of these jackets + civilian sackcoats & your worst pair of trousers should do fine.

Just my two cents,
Your pard,
KC

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