"New Article by Fred Adolphus on Artillery Jacket" Topic

As usual, another fine article by Fred on an extant Artillery patter jacket from the Columbus Depot. More interesting images for the confederate artillery painter.

Keep in mind that, although primarily issued to western confederate troops, there are images extant of ANV troops wearing what appear to be Columbus Depot pattern jackets, and there is no reason to believe that they were issued throughout the confederacy.

It's important to remember that the depots were part of a supply system and shortages in one depot could, and were, made up by transfers of needed items from another depot.

Here you go:

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Here is the jacket in question. Scroll down the article to get to it's images and description.

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Always good stuff; thanks TK. And Fred always does some excellent research.

Some of the jackets in this article are in amazing condition !

I like that they were doing branch color collars and a nice breast pocket.

Keep in mind that the red Columbus Depot jackets are the rarest of the rare. There are, IIRC, only two surviving examples.

One explanation is that they were made to order, as in artillery jackets were made to order whereas the infantry pattern were kept in stock.

By late 1863, the Richmond (VA) depot had eliminated branch trim entirely from issue garments, as that way any jacket would do for any branch. Branch-specific piping and/or solid colors could be ordered, but the ordering command would have to pay the difference in cost vice the untrimmed article.