NATIONAL ARCHIVES WAR DEPT. COLL. OF CONF. RECORDS, GROUP 109 files of “FIRMS AND CITIZENS HAVING BUSINESS WITH THE CONFEDERACY” Various military contractors. NATIONAL ARCHIVES, M331, MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS, GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICERS, CAPT. HENRY PRIDE (Tape # 203), CAPT. JAMES DINWIDDIE (#76) AND MAJOR WILLIAM S. DOWNER (#78). NATIONAL ARCHIVES CHAPT. IV, GROUP 109: […]
Clarksville
Clarksville Ordnance Harness Shops Production
June 1862 through August 1863 The following production output from the Clarksville Shops represents the only complete records available. Wheel and lead harness 1,146 sets* Jenifer Saddles 206 “Plain” Jenifer Saddles 98 Officers Quilted (seats) & Hoods (Stirrups) Saddle 102 “Shafted” (seats) Jenifer Saddles 4 Skeleton Jenifer Saddles 5,350 Skeleton McClellan Saddles 230 Single English […]
Richmond / Clarksville Arsenal Saddle Issues
Just a few days prior to the evacuation of Richmond in April of 1865, an editorial was published in the Richmond Enquirer showing the principal issues from the Richmond Arsenal from July 1st 1861 through January 1st 1865 . This list, provided by Chief of Ordnance Josiah Gorgas, indicates that 69,418 cavalry saddles (possibly including […]
Richmond / Clarksville Arsenal Saddle Manufacturing
“TROOPERS” SADDLE MANUFACTURING: 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 Civilian Purchases, some manufacturing April – Fall 1861 of various models* —————– 1st Model “Patent” Jan. – Nov. 1862 Jenifer ——————– 2nd Model Nov. 1862- Spring 1863 New Jenifer* ———- Jenifer/McClellan June – Nov. 1863 and “Transition “ Saddle ——– 1st Model McClellan Nov. 1863 – April […]
Richmond/Clarksville Saddle & Horse Equipment
Trooper’s Saddles: Predominantly “Skeleton” Jenifer (or “New” Jenifer) pattern saddles were issued to troopers until the summer of 1863. At the same time the McClellan saddle (or some variance of it) was manufactured in limited numbers by a few commercial contractors until the summer of 1863 when the Ordnance Department began a gradual changeover of […]
Horse Furniture for the Confederacy
THE CLARKSVILLE VIRGINIA ORDNANCE HARNESS SHOPS One of the most over-looked aspects of the Confederate war effort has been its production of horse equipments. Nearly all of the South’s Ordnance Bureau Arsenals and Depots produced horse furniture to varying degrees but there was only one that was designated and designed to be the central location […]