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Under Construction!!!!!! The Bryan Jacket Original from the collection in the North Carolina Museaum of History and is referenced in Less Jenson's article XXXX. weight blue Grey Kersey with a common osnaburg lining. It has machine lock stitch top stitching with currently dark brown top/needle/outside thread and natural/off white thread on the bottom/bobbin/inside thread of the jacket. It has a nine button closure and round epulets per the Richmond pattern. It has two breast pockets on the inside of the jacket, the right pocket being a later alteration. It is evident that Bryan had the typical belt loops removed and had it trimmed with yellow cord. Bryan probably had the Hillsbourgh Millitary Academy buttons which appear on the front of the coat and the US military buttons which appear on the epuletts put on the coat when he had it altered. The coat bears the rank of XXXX with the metalic braid for the insignia simply being set in the slits in the collar and whip stitched into place. Bryan was captured XXX and promoted to XXX while in prison after being parroled he was killed XXX Thus the jacket dates prior to the date of his death and most likely prior to the date of his promotion. IT is very similar to a jacket being worn by Captain Marsh who was killed in Chanclorsville in May of 1863. It would seem jackets of this description were available in the ANV quartermaster system during the time of XXX. This jacket is a good choice for someone wishing to portray an enlisted man of that period or after or an officer who procured the jacket through the quartermaster system and had it altered for use. We offer this jacket in both enlisted and altered officer's variations. The enlisted man's Jacket follows the standard Richmond Type II form and machine top stitched in black on the outside and natural on the inside and is hand button holed and comes with script I buttons in light of the Marsh Jacket having script I buttons. |