Confederate Shell Jacket image

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This is probably very familiar to many, but i'm not very familiar with Confederate jackets, so I found this interesting and I thought I share it.

http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15138coll6/id/3636/rec/430

[Lewis Robinson]

Re: Confederate Shell Jacket image

The jacket appears to be a Richmond pattern jacket type III with Confederate wartime manufactured Artillery buttons. Similar to the one below.

[advanceguard]

Re: Confederate Shell Jacket image

Lewis,

This is a close up of the button

http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15138coll6/id/3636/rec/430

from what i've found its a Confederate Local Artillery, although this man wasn't in the artillery. Here is more info on him:

http://www.newportplaintalk.com/tearsheets/editions/NPT_2010/npt_20100321_1_weekend/pdf/A-15.pdf

[Mississippian]

Re: Confederate Shell Jacket image

IIRC, there was another jacket that was I.D'ed to this regiment, a Peter Tait jacket with blue trim that was lost in Hurricane Katrina when Belvoir in Biloxi was destroyed.

Will MacDonald

[PaulJ]

Re: Confederate Shell Jacket image

"IIRC, there was another jacket that was I.D'ed to this regiment, a Peter Tait jacket with blue trim that was lost in Hurricane Katrina when Belvoir in Biloxi was destroyed. Will MacDonald"

Hi Will, thankfully this is a modern myth - the Tait you speak of (also 63rd Tenn as you rightly point out) was unharmed. Chas Childs told me via e-mail, Fred Adolphus has seen it since and it's pictured in detail in his Tait book. I don't know who started this rumour but it keeps popping back up every now and then!

Regards, Paul