COMING SOON: Smith Brothers Contract Sack Coat
This exacting reproduction is a copy of a Sack Coat produced under contract by the Smith Brothers of New York. The coat copied is a rare survivor from the first year on the war. The Federal government award the Smith Bros. two contracts for “making and trimming” Sack Coats. One contract was awarded on 12/26/1861 and a second and final one was awarded on 1/12/1862. The contract stipulated that the “Government to supply dark blue all wool flannel and 4 coat buttons, the contractor all else; if the Government also provides 1 1/4 yd. cotton and wool flannel for lining the contractor will be paid $.68.”
Pvt. David Gilbert Myers of the 87th PA Infantry was wounded wearing this coat at the Battle of Winchester on June 15, 1863. He would overcome his wound and return to service, but was subsequently captured at the Battle of the Wilderness and would later die at the Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia.
This exacting reproduction is a copy of a Sack Coat produced under contract by the Smith Brothers of New York. The coat copied is a rare survivor from the first year on the war. The Federal government award the Smith Bros. two contracts for “making and trimming” Sack Coats. One contract was awarded on 12/26/1861 and a second and final one was awarded on 1/12/1862. The contract stipulated that the “Government to supply dark blue all wool flannel and 4 coat buttons, the contractor all else; if the Government also provides 1 1/4 yd. cotton and wool flannel for lining the contractor will be paid $.68.”
Pvt. David Gilbert Myers of the 87th PA Infantry was wounded wearing this coat at the Battle of Winchester on June 15, 1863. He would overcome his wound and return to service, but was subsequently captured at the Battle of the Wilderness and would later die at the Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia.
This exacting reproduction is a copy of a Sack Coat produced under contract by the Smith Brothers of New York. The coat copied is a rare survivor from the first year on the war. The Federal government award the Smith Bros. two contracts for “making and trimming” Sack Coats. One contract was awarded on 12/26/1861 and a second and final one was awarded on 1/12/1862. The contract stipulated that the “Government to supply dark blue all wool flannel and 4 coat buttons, the contractor all else; if the Government also provides 1 1/4 yd. cotton and wool flannel for lining the contractor will be paid $.68.”
Pvt. David Gilbert Myers of the 87th PA Infantry was wounded wearing this coat at the Battle of Winchester on June 15, 1863. He would overcome his wound and return to service, but was subsequently captured at the Battle of the Wilderness and would later die at the Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia.