Civil War Deep South Jean Cloth CS Campaign Shell Jacket, 40 Chest, Handsewn

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Civil War Deep South Jean Cloth CS Campaign Shell Jacket, 40 Chest, Handsewn.
Woolen jeans with a six piece body, seven button front, exterior pocket on the left front, one piece sleeves, no interior pocket;
see page 141 "Echoes of Glory" Confederate volume for a photo of one of these jackets
One photograph of a soldier wearing what appears to be a four button version of this jacket was published in the "Sons of
Confederate Veterans Ancestor Album" in 1986. The image of Joseph Parker of Co. D, 57th Alabama appears on page 157,
curiously he was stationed at Mobile for part of his service. One last tidbit, this from the unpublished memoir of J.W. Preston,
33rd Alabama, in October 1862 Preston states his company drew "...a new suit of clothes each, woolen gray jeans, jacket lined
with white cotton sheeting, with four C.S.A. brass buttons, a pair of unlined gray jeans pants..."