23rd Virginia Infantry
Suggested Vendor
List
The
following is our suggested vendor list.
Under each section, vendors are listed without order of preference.
The authenticity committee of the 23rd Virginia, with the assistance of the unit commander,
scrutinized each vendor and selected those listed on the basis of the perceived quality
of their products.
Vendor
contact information is listed at the
bottom of this page for ease
of update. Notify the
23rd
Virginia Infantry Web Master to update vendor
contact information.
HATS
AND CAPS
1.
Tim Allen - high quality slouch hats and caps.
2.
Dirty Billy’s Emporium - very good quality slouch hats and caps.
Ensure you only purchase a finished product.
3.
C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions - Confederate, and 1858
Federal, Hardee hats.
4.
Greg Starbuck - very good quality caps.
5.
Joe Blunt Clothiers - caps.
6.
Clearwater Hat Company - slouch hats.
7.
Artifakes - Hardee hats.
8. Tuckahoe Trading Company - Starbuck caps, kepis
JACKET
AND TROUSER PATTERNS
1.
County Cloth - the most authentic Confederate patterns.
JACKET
AND TROUSER CLOTH
1.
County Cloth - jean, satinet, kersey, osnaburg.
2.
Family Heirloom Weavers - various jean.
3.
Ben Tart - various jean.
JACKETS
AND TROUSERS
1.
County Cloth - several styles of Confederate Depot issue.
2.
C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions - while he specializes in
Federal uniforms, he does assemble County
Cloth kits as well as produce jackets made to order.
Delivery times are acceptable and workmanship and overall quality are
excellent.
3.
Joe Blunt Clothiers - federal and Confederate trousers, Richmond
Depot and Columbus Depot jackets. Hand finished goods of very good to excellent
quality.
4.
Tart, Brantley & Benjamin - Richmond Depot and North Carolina
Jackets and Depot trousers. Excellent
quality sumac and logwood dyed jeans. Workmanship
and overall quality good to very good. Some
have experienced long delivery times in the past.
5.
Butch Meyers - County Cloth patterns and cloth.
Delivery times can be long and prices are a little above average.
Workmanship is very good.
6. Tuckahoe Trading Company - CS
7. Quarter Master Shop - CS, Union
8. Bureau of Clothing - good quality material, fast turn around.
These
vendors will construct your item from materials sent by you.
1.
C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions
2.
Mike Hendricks
3.
The Richmond Depot
4. Warwick Seamstress
5. Mike Rippl
6.
Pauline Swingle
7.
Brenda Baugher - see 10th Virginia unit members list
SHIRTS
1.
County Cloth - many patterns and styles.
2.
Historic Clothiers - “Civilian” shirt.
The Watchdog reported “. . . this garment is one of the best
bargains in reproduction clothing . . .”
3.
Joe Blunt Clothiers - great quality shirts.
4.
Nancy Eddins - very good to excellent quality in materials and
workmanship. Delivery times are
average. Prices are average to slightly above average.
5.
The Richmond Depot - Limited production of “Standard
Issue” shirts at this time. All
garments hand finished with antique glass or bone buttons.
Copy of “Beam” shirt in Echoes of Glory - CS.
Delivery times for these items are somewhat long but materials and
workmanship are above average while prices
are average.
6.
C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions - Federal shirts.
7.
County Cloth - several styles of shirts and shirt kits.
8.
Mike Rippl -
9.
Also see those listed under jacket and trouser construction.
DRAWERS
1.
Nancy Eddins - Items are very good to excellent quality in
materials and workmanship. Delivery
times are average. Prices are
average to slightly above average.
2.
The New Richmond Depot - Limited production at this time.
Garments are hand finished with antique glass or bone buttons.
Drawers are made of medium weight cotton.
Delivery times are somewhat long but materials and workmanship are above
average while prices are average.
3.
C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions - Federal drawers.
4.
County Cloth - Cotton drawers in kit form only.
5.
Mike Rippl -
FOOTWEAR
1.
Missouri Boot and Shoe Co. - Shoes and boots.
Long delivery time but quality and workmanship is great. Prices slightly
high, but well worth the extra money as well as the wait.
2.
Cedar Creek Supply Depot - Above quality bootee.
Workmanship and materials are very good.
They have fairly good delivery and prices.
3.
C & D Jarnagin - Federal Bootee is the only acceptable
footwear they offer. Average to
above average quality. Make sure
you get them double pegged. Delivery
time acceptable.
SOCKS
1.
Kathy Kleinman - Hand knitted socks.
Great quality. High prices
but worth it to those who demand the best.
One half the cost goes to preservation of Point Lookout.
2.
Mickey Black - Excellent quality cotton socks made to Confederate
Government specifications on an antique sock knitting machine.
Delivery times are good and workmanship and material quality are above
average. Prices are very good.
3.
Nancy Eddins - Very good to excellent quality in materials and
workmanship. Delivery times are
average. Prices are average to slightly above average.
TINWARE
1.
Wisconsin Veteran’s Museum - All hot tin dipped goods.
The BEST on the market.
2.
John Zaharias -
3.
J & B Tinsmiths -
4.
C & D Jarnagin - Average quality tinware including cups and
muckets.
5.
Village Tinsmithing Works, Inc. - Good quality tinware of all
types.
LEATHER
GEAR & ACCOUTREMENTS
1.
Frank Burgess -
2.
Butch Meyers - Good to above average quality.
Delivery times are average. Prices
are a little above average. Good
rating in The Watchdog.
3.
Historic Clothiers - Excellent quality items.
Hand sewn. The Watchdog
rated the goods offered here as having
“. . . no appreciable difference from originals.”
Delivery times are average. Prices
are average to slightly above average.
4.
Missouri Boot & Shoe Co. -
5.
Trans-Mississippi Depot Co. - Belts and cartridge box slings.
BLANKETS
1.
County Cloth - Well documented, excellent Confederate, Federal,
and NC issue blankets. High prices
but these are the best made blankets that are copied from originals and the
official specifications.
2.
Wisconsin Veteran’s Museum - Federal only.
3.
Blue Heron -
4.
The New Richmond Depot - Basic Confederate ‘issue’ blanket.
Heavy natural wool blanket woven to period specifications.
5. QMwoolens - Abraham Thomas Federal Issue
HAVERSACKS
1.
C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions - Federal and Confederate
patterns.
2.
Artifakes - Highest quality.
3.
Haversack Depot - US and CS patterns.
The Watchdog rated the US issue haversack as “. . . one of the
most accurate of the haversacks . . .”
4.
Trans-Mississippi Depot - hand made and very good quality.
CANTEENS
1.
Fort Branch Supply Co. - The best Gardner Pattern Confederate
wooden canteen available. Lifetime
leak-proof warranty. This item
received an excellent rating from The Watchdog:
“In all characteristics, [this] reproduction is a good match to [the]
originals . . .”
2.
C & D Jarnagin - Average quality, but best to look elsewhere.
3.
Wisconsin Veteran’s Museum - Very good quality canteen.
4.
Laura Middleton - The best Nuckolls Patent Confederate canteen.
The Watchdog rated this item “. . . to be well made and a
faithful replica . . .”
GROUND
CLOTHS, GUM BLANKETS & SHELTER HALVES
1.
Mike Cullum - CS oil cloths.
2.
C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions - US issue tent fly and
ground cloths. Very good quality
goods.
3.
C & D Jarnagin - US issue gum blanket and poncho.
Ensure you order with “US” makers mark.
4.
ReprOriginals - Shelter halves.
5.
Haversack Depot - Shelter halves.
The Watchdog rated this item “. . .a very nicely made product .
. . [which] . . . compares very favorably with the originals . . .”.
6.
Artifakes - Shelter halves. The
Watchdog rated this item as “. . . a truly “authentic reproduction”
shelter half.”
BRACES
(SUSPENDERS)
1.
Paul Smith -
2.
Chris Graham - Civilian styles.
Very good quality with average pricing.
3.
Mike Hendricks -
4.
Trans-Mississippi Depot Co. -
Some of the best on the market.
KNAPSACKS
1.
Historic Clothiers - US doublebag, and CS Isaac & Campbell.
Good to above average quality items.
Hand sewn. The Watchdog
gave a good rating of the goods offered here.
Delivery times are average. Prices
are average to slightly above average.
2.
Artifakes - US doublebag, and CS Isaac & Campbell.
Highest quality.
3.
Mike Thompson - US doublebag.
4.
Sam Haywood - Mexican War and Isaac & Campbell.
Excellent quality goods.
1.
Cartridges Unlimited - Authentic cartridges, live and blank.
2.
Mike Sheets - Flags: US national and CS battleflags.
3.
Sullivan Press - Stationary and other paper goods.
4.
Adjutant Supply Co. - Stationary and other paper goods.
5. Buttons - china and calico Lindy Miller
6. Tuckahoe Trading Company - glassware, pottery, rope drums, etc.
Contact Information for vendors:
| Adjutant Supply Co. |
3203 Dogwood Lane Carmel, IN 46032 |
(317) 872-4735 |
| Tim Allen |
1429 Becket Rd. Eldersburg, MD 21784 |
(410) 549-5145 |
| The Arsenal |
P.O. Box 5103 West Lebanon, NH 03784 |
(603)448-9854 |
| Artifakes (Don Rademacher) |
1608 West Pearl St. Stevens Point, WI 54481 |
(715) 341-5893 |
| Dirty Billy’s Emporium |
7574 Middleburg Rd. Detour, MD 21757 retail store: |
(410) 775-1865 (717) 334-3200 |
| Mickey Black |
6378 US 601 Salisbury, NC 28147 |
( 704 )737-3331 |
| The Richmond Depot (L. Scott Hanes) |
10418 Hull Street Rd. Midlothian, Va. 23112 |
(804) 305-2968
Sales@kabar44.com www.kabar44.com |
| Joe Blunt Clothiers |
P.O. BOx 81023 Chattanooga, TN 37414 |
(706)858-9245 |
| Fort Branch Supply Co. (Ken Bucher) |
PO Box 222 Hamilton, NC 27840 |
(919) 798-2671 |
|
Frank
Burgess:
Burgess & Company c/o Hank Kluin |
200 Pine Place Red Bank, NJ 07701 |
(732) 576-1624 |
| Cartridges Unlimited (Mike Watson) |
4320-A Hartford St. St. Louis, MO 63116 |
(314) 664-4332 |
| Cedar Creek Supply Depot (Jim & Linda Lammers) |
1100 Witt Rd. Morristown, TN 37813 |
(423) 317-7602 jimlam2@email.msn.com |
| Clearwater Hat Company |
HC 73, Box 646 Newnata, AR 72680 |
(870 746-4324) |
| County Cloth, Inc. (Charlie Childs) |
13797-C Georgetown St., NE Paris, OH 44669 |
(330) 862-3307 |
| Family Heirloom Weavers (Pat Kline) |
125 O'San Lane Red Lion, PA 17356 |
(717(246-5797 |
| C. J. Daley Historical Reproductions |
20129 Kellys Lane Hagerstown, MD 21742 |
(301) 766-6112 |
| Nancy Eddins |
186 Hayes Circle Rex, GA 30273 |
(770) 389-1470 |
| Chris Graham |
RR #3, Box 410B Hayesville, NC 28904 |
(704) 389-6126 |
| Haversack Depot (Phil Cavanaugh) |
1236 River Acres Dr. New Braunfels, TX 78130 |
(210) 620-5192 |
| Sam Haywood |
2463 Woodland Dr. Kenesaw, GA 30144 |
(770) 422-6214 |
| Mike Hendricks |
625 Nottingham Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23452 |
(757) 340-2657 |
| Historic Clothiers (Nick Sekela) |
16 Boonton Ave. PO Box 28 Butler, NJ 07405-0028 |
(201) 283-0800 |
| C & D Jarnagin |
PO Box 1860 Corinth, MS 38835-1860 |
(601) 287-4977 |
| Kathy Kleiman |
10264 Eagle Nest Ct. Fairfax, VA 22032 |
(703) 323-1219 |
| Butch Meyers |
6507 Horsepen Rd. Richmond, VA 23226 |
(804) 288-9380 |
| Laura Middleton |
1015 RR 1 Haleyville, AL 35565-9744 |
(205) 486-2687 |
| Missouri Boot & Shoe Co. (Robert Serio) |
951 Burr Crossing Rd. Neosho, MO 64850 |
(417) 451-6100 |
| Lindy Miller | www.sptddog.com/sotp/cc.html or http://home.pon.net/behrbaum | |
| Orchard Hill Sutlery | http://www.orchardhillsutlery.com/ | |
| Mike Rippl |
2415 Rennie Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23454 |
(757) 498-5794 |
| Mike Sheets |
1399 14th St. Huntington, WV 25701 |
(304) 525-5065 |
|
Quartermaster
Woolens (A. Thomas Federal Issue Blanket) |
20473 Idaho Avenue Lakeville, MN 55044 |
http://members.aol.com/qmwoolens/index.htm |
| Quartermaster Shop |
Kimball, MI 48074 |
810-367-6702 |
| Paul Smith |
PO Box 93 McKnightstown, PA 17343 |
(717) 337-3929 |
| Greg Starbuck |
PO Box 11582 Lynchburg, VA 24506 |
Cwkepi@earthlink.net |
| Sullivan Press |
PO Box 1711 West Shester, PA 19380-0057 |
(610) 873-2631 |
| Pauline Swingle |
2508 Lesh Court Crofton, MD 21114 |
|
| Tart, Brantley, & Benjamin (Ben Tart) |
PO Box 28 Spring Hope, NC 27882 |
(919) 478-7668 |
| Trans-Mississippi Depot Co. |
PO Box 875 Tyler, Texas 75710 |
(903) 526-1191
drsmith4895@earthlink.net home.earthlink.net/~drsmith4895 |
| Mike Thompson |
3519 Loganview Dr. Dundalk, MD 21222 |
(410) 288-5284 |
| Thistle Hill Weavers |
101 Chestnut Ridge Rd. Cherry Valley, NY 13320 |
(518)284-2729 |
| Tuckahoe Trading Company (Paris Aiken and Tom Apple) |
4104 Holland Blvd. Ste 111 Chesapeake Va 23323 |
(757)487-1815 www.tuckahoetradingco.com |
| Village Tinsmithing Works, Inc. (Bill & Judy Hoover) |
P.O. Box 539 Hamptonville, NC 27020 |
(336)468-1190 Fax: (336)468-1191 |
| Wisconsin Veteran’s Museum |
30 West Mifflin St. Madison, WI 53703 |
(608) 267-1799 |
| John Zaharias |
PO Box 31152 St. Louis, MO 63131 |
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