Gear & Accessory's of the Camp Soldiers

& Camp Followers

"Let it be known that all articles a soldier may procure to be gotten from the highest quality work house and from those who deal fairly in price for the public good"

While Most Items can be made By the soldier with the right amount of perseverance:

It may be useful to purchase some and Make others:

This is a list of good choices for standard gear of the soldier:

   Shoes:     Hat/Cap :  

Shirt:   White Waist Coat:    Breeches/Trousers: Coat:

  Buttons

Cartridge Box:         

  Bayonet/Scabbard:

Musket:

Canteen:        

Haversack:  Conversion Pack: 

Spatter Dasher's: 

Stockings/Garters:

Tent:     Blanket:   Mug:   Bowl/Spoon:     Knife/Fork:

Make your own Directions: for Gear

HaverSack:

Haversack: This should be natural linen or canvas, 12" to 12" square With three pewter buttons. (Cotton Duct Canvas in Off White), Or (Cotton Linen Duct) in Just off White, or (Heavy Fustian),
Bleached white equipment is hard to keep clean and sticks out like a sore thumb
Things you will need
Off White Heavy Cotton thread
Good Pair of sharp scissors
30 or so straight pins
Patience.
I find one at My Buddy Greg's Sutler "Weeping Heart" that is two inches two big all the way around.

HAVERSACK - Heavy Fustian, 14” x 15”, closes with 3 pewter buttons. Buttonholes

Are reinforced, and the buttons are sewn through a leather washer. - - - - - - - - $25.00

http://www.revwarsupplier.com/documents/whecat.pdf


This is the best starter pattern book there is:

Caution This Also Is Not Just NY Troops - Our Equipment May Vary

SKETCH BOOK '76 by R.L. Klinger & R.A. Wilder. Sketches, notes, and patterns compiled from existing specimens of clothing and equipment of the Revolutionary War American foot soldier, and research of contemporary notes, manuscripts, paintings, and drawings in the Smithsonian Institution. Soft cover, 9 x 12, 53 pages. $6.00
http://caldwellandcompany.net/Books1.html

21st Century Sutlers List

  www.druidsoak.com  Druid's Oak

"Neal Redmond "Druids' Oak" Has the Best Small Cloths at the best Prices That best serve our Regt. and Time Period"

www.gggodwin.com      G. Gedney Godwin: Accouterments

www.davide-pedersoli.com  Pederosoli:  Muskets

www.fugawee.com   Fugawee: Shoes

www.dixiegunworks.com  Dixie Gun Works:  Musket Parts

www.trackofthewolf.com  Track Of The Wolf: Shooting Supply

www.middlesexvillagetrading.com  Middlesex Village: India Muskets/Pistols

www.jastown.com    Jas Townsend:  Wool, Clothing, Buttons, Ect.

www.tentsmiths.com    Tent Smiths: Tents

www.smilingfoxforgellc.com  Smiling Fox: Every Sort of Item

www.smoke-fire.com  Smoke and Fire: Trinkets & Extras

 http://www.lhsmn.org/links/sutlers.html  List of all Known Sutlers