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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=81 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>County Cloth / Chas.R.Childs</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Arial" ><B>   |   </B></FONT><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="County Cloth / Chas.R.Childs"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National Army Line"><U><B>National Army Line</B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="States Rights Collection"><U><B>States Rights Collection</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><B>News</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Notes"><U><B>Notes</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Order Form"><U><B>  Order Form</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Glossary"><U><B>Glossary</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=18 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=399 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Images U.S.</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="895" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 535 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16e29de0.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="478" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > <A NAME="us_uniform_coat"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><I><B>"Uniform coats. - </B></I><B>The uniform coat for all enlisted foot-men, shall be a single breasted frock, of dark blue cloth, made without plaits, with a skirt extending one half the distance from the top of the hip to the bend of the knee; one row of 9 buttons on the breast, placed at equal distances; stand-up collar, to rise no higher than to permit the chin to turn freely over it, to hook in front at the bottom and then to slope up and backwards at an angel of 30 degrees on each side; cuffs pointed according to pattern, and to button with two small buttons at the under seam; collar and cuffs edged with a cord or welt of cloth as follows, to wit; - scarlet for artillery; sky-blue for infantry; yellow for engineers; crimson for ordnance and hospital stewards. On each shoulder a metallic scale according to pattern; narrow lining for skirt of the coat of the same color and material as the coat; pockets in the folds of the skirts made of dark silesia, with one button on each hip to range with the lowest buttons on the breast; no buttons at the ends of the pockets;..."</B></div> <div> Excerpted from the 1865 U.S. Army Quartermaster Manual. </div> <div> Two views of the U.S. uniform coat we supplied to "Cold Mountain"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="16f29100.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="528" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 476 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15b68ce0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="462" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15229ce0.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="462" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><div>  <A NAME="usgreatcoatfootmen"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="1f129c60.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="293"><div> <I><B>"Great coats for footmen - </B></I><B>of sky blue kersey; stand-up collar; single breasted; cape to reach down to the elbows when the arm is extended; and to button all the way up;..."</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="293" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="293" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 732 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1c829320.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="562" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="293"><div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > <A NAME="sa_mnt__services_jkt"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><I><B>"All enlisted men of the cavalry and light artillery,</B></I><B> shall wear a uniform jacket of dark blue cloth, with one row of twelve small buttons on the breast placed at equal distances; stand-up collar, to rise no higher than to permit the chin to turn freely over it, to hook in front at the bottom, and to slope the same as the coat collar; on the collar, on each side, two blind button-holes of worsted lace, 3/8 of an inch wide; one small button on the button-hole; lower button-hole extending back four inches, upper button-hole three and a-half inches; top button and front ends of collar bound with worsted lace 3/8 of an inch wide, and a strip of the same extending down the front and around the whole lower edge of the jacket; the back seam laced with the same, and on the cuff a point of the same shape as that on the coat but formed of the worsted lace; jacket to extend to the waist and be lined with white or grey domet flannel, with an inner pocket in left breast made of same material; 2 small buttons at the underseam of the cuff, as on the coat cuff; one hook and eye at the bottom of the collar, color of lace (worsted), yellow for cavalry, and scarlet for light artillery;..."</B></div> <div> Excerpted from the 1865 U.S. Army Quartermaster Manual. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1c729d50.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="725" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="867" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 428 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="us_reg_shirt"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> <IMG SRC="1c45ba50.png" border=0 width="603" height="421" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="224"><div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > <A NAME="regulation_shirt"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><I><B>"Flannel shirts</B></I><B> - of white or grey or mixed domet cotton and wool flannel, made loose; and with a button at the foot of the collar and one at each wristband, according to specifications;..." </B></div> <div> Excerpted from the 1865 U.S. Army Quartermaster Manual. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 843 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="31c5b440.jpg" border=0 width="603" height="836" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="224"><div>  <A NAME="u_s__fatigue_blouse_lined"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>"<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>For fatigue purposes - </B></I><B>a sack coat of dark blue flannel, extending half way down the thigh, and made loose, without sleeve or body lining, falling collar, inside pocket of dark silesia on the left side; four coat buttons down the front...</B></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>For recruits - </B></I><B>the sack coat will be made with sleeve and body lining, the latter of flannel and the former of unbleached muslin."</B></div> <div> Excerpted from the 1865 U.S. Army Quartermaster Manual. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=18 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>