These guidelines can be used when you buy equipment or upgrade your impression.

A. HEADGEAR:

Civilian slouch hat - Black or gray preferred. Edge of brim as well as hat band should  be bound with silk ribbon.  These hats were generally lined. [EOG/CS -pages 166-169].

CS "issue" hat - Wool felt, hand-stitched leather sweatband, label in crown, double- stitched on brim.

Kepi or cap - Jean-wool, tarred canvas or leather bill, leather sweatband. [EOG/CS - pages 162 & 163].

B. SHIRTS:

Civilian shirts - Shirt fabrics should be woven of 100% natural fibers and of a design and made using 19th century construction techniques.  Woven fabric should be used, as opposed to fabric with the print on one side only.

C. JACKETS:

Jackets should be of correct material and of documented construction and pattern. Most jackets of this time frame were made from jean cloth.

Examples include:

Any Army of Tennessee (A.O.T.) identified jacket.

Orphan Brigade/Columbus Depot/Georgia Jacket.  [EOG/CS - page 143].

Atlanta Depot. [EOG/CS - page 143].

Milledgeville/Augusta Depot (Limited use). [EOG/CS – page 142].

Mobile Depot (limited use). [EOG/CS - page 141].

North Carolina Depot (limited use). [EOG/CS - page 144].

Military Frock Coat.

Civilian Sack Coat.

D. PANTS:

Civilian jean - Original patterns in gray, blue, brown or black. Hand topstitching, with hand-sewn button holes   [EOG/CS - pages  125, 145, 146, 149, 152 & 153].

Civilian wool - Identified style and pattern, hand-sewn button holes. [EOG/CS - page 152].

Military Issue - Identified style and pattern, hand-sewn button holes.

E. SUSPENDERS/BRACES:

Civilian - Any type of period civilian model with tin or brass buckles. No buckles of nickel-plated metal. Any stitching should be hand sewn.

Canvas or Ticking - hand-stitched with hand-sewn buttonholes.

F. DRAWERS:

Civilian pattern - Bone or wood buttons with period construction. [EOG/CS - page 154].

Military pattern - Bone or wood buttons with period construction. [EOG/US - page 27].

G. SOCKS:

Civilian socks, particularly hand-knitted cotton or wool [EOG/CS - page 175].

H. SHOES:

Confederate Issue Shoes - Confederate issue.  [EOG/CS - pages 174-175].

English shoes or boots - Military or civilian styles.  [EOG/CS – page 174].

Federal Issue Shoes - Limited Confederate use. [EOG/US – page 191].

I. VESTS: (Optional, but very common)

Period civilian or military styles. Jean, linsey-woolsey, or cotton, made of period pattern, style and construction. [EOG/CS - pages 101, 106, 113 & 114].

II. BLANKETS, TENTAGE & ETC

A. BLANKETS:

Civilian - Blankets of 100% wool or jean, should be muted earth-tones. No synthetic blends.

North Carolina Issue [EOG/CS - page 203] or other Confederate State issues.

Any Identified Blanket - Quilts are discouraged.

Captured U.S. Issue - U.S. Issue blankets of either brown or gray. [EOG/US - page 214].

C. GUM BLANKETS/GROUND CLOTHS:

Linseed soaked canvas.

Confederate Issue Oil Cloth - Canvas painted with oil or enamel paint.

Captured Federal Issue - Rubber blanker or poncho. Limited use. [EOG/US - page 215].

III. ACCOUTREMENTS

A. HAVERSACKS:

C.S. Issue - Bag of identified C.S. pattern. Button or buckle closure. Most were simple cotton bags. (Moses Alexander or Bayley Style)

U.S. Issue - Bag of identified U.S. pattern. Tarred type with buckle and inner bag. Limited use.  [EOG/US - pages 199, 210 & 211].

B. CANTEENS:

Wooden style - Gardner Pattern, Knuckold Pattern made of cedar/cypress/cherry wood/etc. Various styles.   [EOG/CS - page 209].

Tin Drum style - Various sizes and styles, try to find a common identified type. Simple leather strap, or cotton strap.  No jack chains on the corks.

Captured Federal - although some of these almost certainly were used, they weren't used in the quantities that mainstream reenactors use them, so try to use these as a last resort, and only until you can get a Confederate canteen as a replacement. If you are using a Federal canteen, a lot of pictorial evidence shows canteens stripped of their coverings. Perhaps for patch material?

C. CARTRIDGE BOXES:

Any Army of Tennessee (A.O.T.) identified box.

Atlanta Arsenal.

Augusta - (G. N. Wymans). [EOG/CS - page 197].

Columbus Arsenal - (Wm. Brands or N. Crown) - Tarred canvas. [EOG/CS - page 198].

Captured Federal Issue - Captured at Pickett's Mill on May 27, 1864 (limited use).

D. CAP POUCHES:

Any Army of Tennessee (A.O.T.) identified pouch.

Augusta - (G. N. Wymans).

Atlanta Arsenal.

Columbus Arsenal - (Wm. Brands or N. Crown) - tarred canvas. [EOG/CS - page 198].

Captured Federal Issue - Captured at Pickett's Mill on May 27, 1864 (limited use).

E. BELT PLATES/FRAMES & WAISTEBELTS (Leather, preferably black):

Any Army of Tennessee (A.O.T.) identified plate or buckle.

Atlanta Arsenal "C.S.A." Plate. [EOG/CS - page 195].

C.S. "Clipped Corner" Plate. [EOG/CS - page 198].

Georgia Frame Buckle. [EOG/CS - page 190 & 195].

"Forked-Tongue" Buckle. [EOG/CS - page 196].

Roller Buckle. [EOG/CS - pages 192 & 195].

F. BAYONET SCABBARDS: (bayonet should fit its matched weapon).

Any identified A.O.T. frog and scabbard.

Tarred Canvas scabbard (one on display at Tunnel Hill Museum – Tunnel Hill, Ga.).

U.S. non-regulation 7 or 8 rivet pattern. (Limited use). [EOG/US - page 202].

G. KNAPSACKS(Optional):

Mexican War Pattern. [EOG/CS - page 205].

Imported English - Issac Campbell & Co. [EOG/CS – page 207].

Confederate Issue - Any identified pattern.

Federal Issue Double Bag (limited Confederate use.)