lining pants

[Mothers-Finest]

Is there any records of union soldiers of lining there pants? I did a search any couldnt find anything.

[John Legg]

Sir,


Im not aware of any originals that are lined. It also doesnt say in the US Regs. This is what i found,

TROWSERS
1468. For General Officers and Officers of the Ordnance Department--of dark blue cloth, plain, without stripe, welt, or cord down the outer seam.

1469. For Officers of the General Staff and Staff Corps, except the Ordnance--dark blue cloth, with a gold cord, one-eighth of an inch in diameter, along the outer seam.

1470. For all Regimental Officers--dark blue cloth, with a welt let into the outer seam, one-eighth of an inch in diameter, of colors corresponding to the facings of the respective regiments, viz.: Cavalry, yellow; Artillery, scarlet; Infantry, sky-blue.

1471. For Medical Cadets--same as for Officers of the general Staff, except a welt of buff cloth, instead of a gold cord.

1472--For Enlisted Men, except companies of Light Artillery--dark blue cloth; sergeants with a stripe one and one-half inch wide; corporals with a stripe one-half inch wide, of worsted lace, down and over the outer seam, of the color of the facings of the respective corps.

1473. Ordnance Sergeants and Hospital Stewards--stripe of crimson lace one and one-half inch wide.

1474. Privates--plain, without stripe or welt.

1475. For Companies of Artillery equipped as Light Artillery--sky-blue cloth. All trowsers to be made loose, without plaits, and to spread well over the boot; to be re-enforced for all enlisted mounted men.

- taken from http://members.tripod.com/howardlanham/usreg4.htm

Soldiers got what they got issued, if one sent their trows home, thats another story. As you can see from the regulations it does not say any sort of thing

Hope this helps, If i find any additional information i will post.


Cheers,

John

[reb64]

[QUOTE=John Legg]Sir,


Im not aware of any originals that are lined. It also doesnt say in the US Regs. This is what i found,

It also doesn't say how they are to be constructed, pattern,details etc.but Im sure contractors saved when they could.

[Washington_Mess]

Greetings,
I am aware of at least one identified Iowa image taken on Veteran furlough that shows a soldier wearing lined trousers...this can be seen in the upturned cuffs. During this time period one sees large amounts of private purchase military clothing being worn by western veterans who are reenlisting, I would imagine these trousers fall under that category. The lining is plain with no designs...probably a cotton sheeting or polished cotton.

I have seen extant officer trousers with cuff linings/stiffeners incorporated into them too like civilian pants.

I don't know of any Federal depot/contractor lined trousers at this point with maybe the exception of early war state issue garments.

Darrek Orwig

[Memphis]

I am aware of at least one identified Iowa image taken on Veteran furlough that shows a soldier wearing lined trousers...this can be seen in the upturned cuffs.

Could that plain white "cloth" also be the backside of rare federal issue satinette trousers? Probably no way to ever truly know.