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16th January 09, 11:25 PM
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Confederate cap and jacket
Recently I was in Columbus, Georgia, and visited the Civil War Naval Museum. Their gift shop has gray Confederate sailor's caps ($15), and matching monkey jackets ($85) that are cut short, just below the waist---certainly above the fell, so that they wouldn't interfer with the swing of the pleats--- not unlike most jackets that are worn with kilts.
You can see the cap, which looks not unlike a tam or balmoral, here:http://www.civilwarnavalmuseum.com/s...14bbd648f4a7cd
and here:
http://www.portcolumbus.org/LivingHi...Catalog706.pdf It's also called a round hat or pork pie.
but there isn't a really good photo of their monkey jacket.
Here one is here http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...G%26ie%3DUTF-8
and a drawing here:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...G%26ie%3DUTF-8
You can buy at least the cap online.
I was thinking of getting a cap and jacket to go with a new Confederate Memorial tartan kilt I recently had made, but they both look a bit shapeless. Granted, they are made for re-enactors, and are probably quite accurate reproductions of what Confederate sailors wore (other than perhaps the color. They are definitely gray, not butternut.). However, they are wool and rather heavy for the weather most of the year here in the South.
Nonetheless, both are at most reasonable prices.
They also sell Confederate gray wool frock shirts with broad white collars and white cuffs, what most of us think of when we think of a sailor's shirt, for $50.
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