Race To Knoxville
Confederate Uniform Guidelines:

According to records, it is indicated that Longstreet's ANV was newly equipted in September of 1863.  This was prior to their arrival at Chattanooga, before the battle at Chickamauga.  Reports say that Bragg's men initially thought that Longstreet's men were federal soldiers due to the short blue-gray jackets (RD type II or III) and the light blue trousers.  These reports are documented a few times.  It is not to say that the men did not have western depot gear, as they could have picked up equipment as they left Chattanooga for Knoxville.  As such the guidelines are as follows.

Coat: 
Jackets should be of period correct materials; hand top stitched, and must have hand sewn button holes.

Richmond Depot Type II or III Blue-gray material
Frock Coat, military issue and homespun jean cloth, non descript, colors grays and browns

Commutation Coat, little to no trim

Trousers:

Confederate Issue Richmond Depot Richmond blue

Civilian (blues and browns)

Federal issue (limited number) correct paper backed tin buttons and pattern

Shoes:

Confederate Issue

Federal Issue or English Import
Civilian

Socks:

Military Issue (cotton)

Civilian (knit woolen)

Shirts:

Confederate issue
Civilian shirts. (Hand-sewn 100% natural fiber. Patterns must be woven, no prints, with and hand sewn button holes.)

 

Drawers:

Civilian

Confederate/ Federal Military issue

 

 

 

 

Hats:

Slouch Hats military issue or civilian (made of fur felt) Edge of brim as well as hat bound with silk.
(no poorly shaped abused slouch hats)

Kepis (military issue) Blue-Grey or brown wool jean, tarred canvas or leather bill, leather sweatband

Hats (cotton or jean cloth, all hand sewn)

Overcoat:

Civilian (wool or jean wool)

Military issue (wool or jean wool)

No federal great coats

Belts:

Any Army of Northern Virginia identified plate or buckle.

Georgia Frame Plate (EOG/CS - page 190 & 195)

C.S. "Forked - Tongue" Buckle (EOG/CS - page 196)

Roller Buckle (EOG/CS - pages 192 & 195)

Richmond Arsenal - painted canvas - Roller Buckle or used with plate.

Cartridge Box & Cap Box:

Any Army of Northern Virginia identified Cartridge and/or Cap box.

Richmond Arsenal Cartridge Box (EOG/CS - page 197)

English Made Imported Enfield Pattern Cartridge Box and Cap Box

Christian S. Storms (CS Storms of New York, NY - Contractor box)

Captured Federal issue 1855 .58 cal Cartridge/Cap Box - Early versions

 

Scabbard:

Any identified ANV frog and scabbard.

Imported: English frog and scabbard. (EOG/CS - page 39)

U.S. non-regulation 7 or 8 rivet pattern.  (EOG/US - page 202)

 

Haversacks:

Any Richmond, Documented Confederate Style, or Captured Federal Style Haversack is acceptable.

C.S. Issue - Bag of identified C.S. pattern.  Button or buckle enclosure. (EOG/CS - Page ##)

U.S. Issue - Bag of identified U.S. pattern.  Tarred with buckle and inner bag with hand-sewn button hole(s).  (EOG/US - pages 199, 210, and 211)

 

Canteens

Wooden Style - Made of cedar/cypress/cherry/etc.  Various styles.  Confederate and British manufacture. (EOG/CS - page 209)

Tin Drum Style - various styles and sizes.  Avoid oversize or very large canteens of this type.  With or without jean or wool cover.  Strap may be cotton, linen or leather or a properly documented style.  Leather straps must have proper hardware. (EOG/CS - pages 210 & 211)

U.S. Issue - Bulls Eye Type used after spring '63.  (With or without jean cloth or wool cover.  Strap may be cotton, linen or leather or a properly documented style.  Leather straps must have proper hardware. (EOG/US - pages 199, 209, 207 & 208))

 

Packs:

The Richmond Depot stopped manufacturing knapsack in the summer of 1863.

 

Mexican War Pattern (EOG/CS - page 39)

Imported English - S. Isaac & Campbell Co. or Ross & Co. (EOG/CS - page 207)

Confederate Issue

Federal Issue Double Bag - Limited Confederate use (EOG/US - pages 212 & 213)

Kibler soft pack-(EOG/CS-page 202)

 

 

Blankets and Ground cloths

Civilian - 100% Wool or Jean (No synthetic blends muted earth tones.  Browns, grays, and blue are acceptable colors.  Bindings should be hand sewn.)

North Carolina Issue (EOG/CS - page 203) or Other Confederate State Issues

Quilts - "Homespun" i.e. all handmade - All natural fibers.  No "bright" or otherwise modern colors.  No modern patterns

Captured U.S. Issue - U.S. Issue blankets of either gray or brown. (EOG/US - page 214)

 

Linseed soaked cotton canvas - with or without grommets.

Linseed oil & Lamp Black mix painted cotton canvas or drill - with or without grommets.

Confederate Issue Oil Cloth - Canvas painted with oil or enamel paint.  With or without grommets.

Captured Federal Issue Rubber blanket or poncho.  Limited use (EOG/US - page 215)

Rubber coated linen or cotton sheeting.  Imported limited use.

 

Weapons:

P 1853 model Enfield rifle musket

Austrian Lorenz

M 1861 Springfield rifle musket

Smoothbore muskets M 1816 conversions and M 1842 Springfield

***Note: Uniform inspection will be performed upon arrival and check in. The most important detail is attitude. Proper modifications may include removal of all anachronistic markings, replacement of barrel bands, and stamping with correct markings. All weapons must be clean and in proper working order. An inspection will be held Friday night and Saturday morning. Each man will need to bring 40 to 60 rounds.

The 4th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment

        


The regiment was organized at Dalton, Georgia, on 2 May 1861, with troops from Conecuh, Dallas, Jackson, Lauderdale, Macon, Madison, Marengo, and Perry counties. Sent immediately to Virginia, they were mustered into service for twelve months at Lynchburg on 7 May and preceded to Harper's Ferry for training. They later were transferred to Winchester where they became a part of Brig. Gen Barnard E. Bee's Third Brigade, of which the 2nd and 11th Mississippi, the 1st Tennessee, and the 6th North Carolina were the other regiments. They were moved forward and participated in the 1st Battle of Manassas where the 4th Alabama took a prominent part, losing 38 killed and 208 wounded out of a total of about 750 engaged. They lost all of their field officers in that engagement, including Gen Bee, who gained fame for first calling Brig. Gen Thomas J. Jackson "Stonewall." Bee was succeeded by Brig. Gen W. H. C. Whiting.

The 4th spent the winter at Dumfries and re-enlisted for three years in January, 1862. They were reorganized in April and moved over to the vicinity of Norfolk. The regiment was engaged both days at the Battle of Seven Pines, losing 8 killed and 19 wounded. Two weeks later, the brigade was sent to the Shenandoah Valley only to return with Stonewall Jackson's corps against the Union flank. The unit was hotly engaged at Cold Harbor, losing 22 killed and 108 wounded out of 500 present; losses at Malvern Hill were slight.

The regiment moved northward the Army of Northern Virginia and participated at the Second Battle of Manassas and lost 20 killed and 43 wounded. At Boonsboro the loss was slight, and at Sharpsburg, the loss was 8 killed and 43 wounded. After this campaign, Brig. Gen Evander McIver Law was assigned to command of the Alabama Brigade which was shortly after organized with the 4th, 15th, 44th, 47th and 48th Alabama regiments as its complement. They were placed together with the Texas Brigade and assigned to the division commanded by Major Gen John Bell Hood.

The 4th was engaged at Fredericksburg where it lost 5 k and 17 w. The regiment was detached with Lt. Gen James Longstreet to invest Suffolk in 1863, and it soon after took up the line of march for Pennsylvania where it was engaged in the assault at Gettysburg, losing 15 k and 72 w and mia.

In the fall of 1863, the 4th moved with Longstreet's Corps via railroad and took part at the Battle of Chickamauga, with a loss of 14 k and 54 w out of about 300 engaged. It moved with the corps into east Tennessee, and in the attack on Knoxville lost 5 killed and 24 wounded. Rejoining the army in Virginia, the Fourth was hotly engaged, and lost 15 k and 58 w at The Wilderness, out of about 250 engaged, with 4 k and 11 w at Spotsylvania.

The 4th participated in all the operations to the Second Battle of Cold Harbor, where its loss was slight. Then, for nearly ten months, the 4th lay behind the defenses of Petersburg, taking part in the various movements and assaults, and losing 10 k and 30 w during that time. It surrendered 21 officers and 202 men at Appomattox, Brig. William F. Perry having been in command of the brigade for nearly one year. Of 1,422 men on its rolls, about 240 died in battle, nearly 100 died of disease, and 408 were discharged or transferred.

Field and staff officers: Cols. Egbert J. Jones (Madison County; KIA, 1st Manassas [died, 3 Sept 1861]); Evander McIvor Law (Macon County; promoted); Pinckney Downie Bowles (Conecuh County; promoted); Lt. Cols. Evander McIvor Law (promoted); Thomas J. Goldsby (Dallas County; wounded, 1st Cold Harbor; resigned); Owen Kenan McLemore (Chambers County; KIA, Boonsboro); Pinckney Downie Bowles (promoted); Lawrence Houston Scruggs (Madison County; wounded, Chickamauga); Majors Charles L. Scott (Wilcox County; wounded, Manassas; resigned, 22 Aug 1862); Pinckney Downie Bowles (promoted); Lawrence Houston Scruggs (promoted); Thomas K. Coleman (Perry County; KIA, Chickamauga); William Mack Robbins (Perry County; wounded, The Wilderness); and Adjutants Joseph Hardie (dropped, 21 April 1862); Robert T. Coles (Madison County; wounded, Gaines' Mill)