December Bully Buy: Julius Jones Blanket from Woodburn

[paulcalloway]

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Details on the Julius Jones Federal Blanket:

The Julius Jones Federal blanket is a 7' long, 6.5' wide, 2/2 twill, light brown body with small amounts of natural, blue and red shoddy and dark brown stripes, 100% wool blanket copied from the original carried by Pvt. Julius E. Jones of Company C, 14th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War.

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Private Jones was from Indian Point, Illinois and mustered into service on February 21, 1865 in Peoria County. According to official records he traveled to New York and then to Morehead City, N.C. where his newly formed company joined the consolidated veteran 14th and 15th Illinois Infantry regiments. His blanket is in the collection of the Marshall County Historical Society Museum in Lacon, Illinois.

The Marshall County Historical Society and Matt Woodburn will give $5 from every blanket to battlefield preservation.

The Christmas Bully Buy is $80 (normally $95) plus $8 shipping. Matt also will give $5 from every blanket ordered to the Authentic Campaigner website if you mention it with your order.

For more info on the blanket and pics of the original go to my website Woodburn Blankets (http://hometown.aol.com/rmwoodburn/myhomepage/sale.html), or email me at RMWoodburn@aol.com.

[Doug Potter]

I sent out my money Friday for one of these blankets, I seen them at Lookout Mountain they are great, can't wait to get mine.
Doug Potter

[Michael Semann]

I wasn't sure if the moderators wanted us to post in this folder/announcement, however I wish to say how pleased I am with Matt Woodburn's repro of this blanket. Not only is it a bang up copy of the orginal, but his price is absolutely the lowest you will find for such a quality repro blanket. He sent it out Friday, and I received it Saturday, so his customer service is breathtaking(I do live in Murray, Ky.-not too far from his home base of Franklin Tenn, mind you)! I advise everyone to take Matt up on this fine offer and snag one for yourselves.

[rebyank]

Pards,
I just recieved my blanket this week and I have to say it is one of the best blankets I've ever seen and at a great price too. I wood greatly suggest that anyone looking for a good quality blanket should snatch one of these up while they're still around. Your money will not be wasted, not by a long shot.

a happy customer :D ,

[Doug Potter]

Got Mine, Ye, Haaa is it ever warm, Living in Florida people ask me why I would need two wool blankets, well even though I live in Central Florida it gets mighty darn cold here where I live in the winter at night there were two events last year that I went to where the temps at night were below freezing, both nights the temps were in the teens, sure it warmed up to 60 during the day but the nights can be a real chill my canteen froze solid at one event last year, so now with my Childs and my Woodburn blanket I will be warm as toast, also get a hold of Matt Woodburn and see if he has any ends and scraps I bought a great scarf made from the end peice of a blanket from him at lookout Mountain, and it is very very warm around the neck.
Thanks Matt and Paul for such a great Bully Buy

[Matt Woodburn]

Gentlemen,

My Julius Jones blanket Bully Buy is extended until the end of January since the AC site had trouble for part of December. Details are at my website Woodburn Blankets (http://www.hometown.aol.com/rmwoodburn/myhomepage/sale.html).

Best Regards,

[DougCooper]

Comrades, you have heard much about this blanket and if you are looking for the perfect covering for the season, ya can't do much better than this one. To my way of thinking it likely represents the "average" federal issue blanket. The fidelity to the original based on the detailed photos Matt provides of the original and the reproduction is superb.

Grab one, this can't last forever, esp at this price.

[Gerkin]

Gentlemen,

Got mine last week, it is great :D !! Not only historicaly, from the pictures that Matt has on his website, but it is a GREAT price too. I don't think that a person can get better accuracy for their money, ANYWHERE. Three cheers for Mr. Woodburn.

[Bill Cross]

Gentlemen,

My Julius Jones blanket Bully Buy is extended until the end of January since the AC site had trouble for part of December. Details are at my website Woodburn Blankets (http://www.hometown.aol.com/rmwoodburn/myhomepage/sale.html).

Matt,

I have passed this information on to prospective attendees at "Into the Wilderness." Blankets in the Spring in VA are a good thing in my experience. Thanks for extending the offer. If I'd known about it earlier, I would have let them know.