Jacket question

[Ross L. Lamoreaux]

It doesn't appear to be an SA jacket due to the cut of the cloth and the medium general service buttons instead of smalls, and it probably wouldn't be a SNY jacket in Pennsylvania. It has most of the provenance of many different states such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and other Pennsylvania regiments I've seen. The buttons at the cuff (hard to tell if it was functional cuff, but doubtful) are unusual (soldier add-on?), the slashed pocket in front, and the lack of tailored lines make it just an ordinary state jacket. It has a stand up collar that is worn down in the fashion that many soldiers did. Outside of that one picture, its hard to give it an exact provenance, but it does rule out a couple of suspects.

[RJSamp]

Too me, it looks like a roundabout with the collar turned down (pressed?), but only 8 buttons instead of the usual 9.


Always like the cut\drape of the trowsers in these 'new' uniform pictures....note the hem line on the heel side of the trowsers....

[Peter Sivak]

Thanks for the insight Ross.
I also find his hat interesting. I don't think it is a Hardee hat, because of the ribbon on the outside.

To add to the fun, there are a dozen matches for John C Hays in the soldiers and sailors database, and halfof them are from Ohio units, and one of these men may be the real subjects of the photos, but I don't know anything on the other soldiers.