Supplier to the Confederacy: S. Isaac Campbell & Co, London

History

Barry, Craig L.

Burt, David C.

Americas

Bright Pen

Peter Tait was a true entrepreneur. He became the inventor of a new type of working practice - the production line, a new way of sewing garments where each person did a particular job, thereby making each garment quicker and easier to manufacture.  The monograph tells the full story of his company - Peter Tait & Co of Limerick, Ireland - from its beginnings to becoming the biggest supplier of ready-made uniforms to the Confederate Government during the latter stages of the American Civil War. Just as importantly, this book casts doubt on the fact that all so-called 'Tait' jackets supplied to the Confederacy were indeed made by the Tait firm. It suggests that they were, in fact, a joint effort with the other major British supplier of military clothing of the day - namely Hebbert & Co of London.  All the surviving 'Tait' style jackets are examined in detail, and are accompanied by exclusive photographs. Based on original invoices and extensive archival research, this is the complete story of both Tait, the man, and his company in becoming an official Supplier to the Confederacy.

Supplier to the Confederacy: Peter Tait & Co. Limerick

Authors OnLine Ltd.

In this book historians Craig Barry and David Burt provide a fresh look at the incredible impact the English had on supplying the Confederacy and its effect on the U.S. Civil War. New research includes the discovery of lost information on many of the commercial gun makers. The book also looks at all the implements and accoutrements issued with the Enfield rifle musket, including the cap pocket, pouch, ball bags and knapsacks; right down to the muzzle stopper. Each piece of equipment is examined in great detail and is accompanied by detailed photographs and discusses most of the patterns of British equipment carried by Confederate soldiers and how they were supposed to be used. The book also looks at how this equipment was purchase, from where and by whom, and how it was shipped over to the Confederate States.

Suppliers to the Confederacy: British Imported Arms and Accoutrements

Schiffer Military History

This book - along with Volume I - written by historians Craig L. Barry and David C. Burt, are the definitive reference books on British arms and accoutrements in Confederate service. This beautifully presented full color book contains the full and detailed histories of newly discovered imported arms and equipment, plus lost historical details of the companies and individuals that manufactured them, including: Robert Mole &amp; Co, Eley Bros, Francis Preston, and Arthur Warner. There are brand new sections and photographs of knapsacks, waist belts - plus all the different types of snake buckles - cap pouches, 50 round pouches, ball bags, frogs, oil bottles, sabre bayonets for the P53 Enfield, bayonet scabbards, down to snap caps and tompions. It has brand new unpublished histories on gun makers like C.W. James, Hackett, Pryse and Redman, R &amp; W Aston, R.T. Pritchett, King &amp; Phillips, and London Armoury Co.

Suppliers to the Confederacy Volume II: More British Imported Arms and Accoutrements (Suppliers to the Confederacy, 2)

At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy had an overwhelming need to supply their armies with uniforms, arms and field equipment. Suppliers to the Confederacy II tells the story of the two men who gambled on the new nation and assured that the Confederate armies remained in the field until the end. This book tells the compelling stories of two of the most brilliant entrepreneurs of 19th Century Britain whose companies would eventually go on to provide uniforms, arms and equipment to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. (1861-65) The first firm would be involved from the very beginning of the war from 1861 until mid-1863, with the second from mid-1864 until early 1865. The book opens with the story of Samuel Isaac, a man of Jewish extraction, which in itself was a huge disadvantage in 19th Century England, but he had the imagination, foresight and business acumen to succeed in life. The second story is of an impoverished young Scottish boy, Peter Tait who at just sixteen years of age embarked for a new life in Ireland determined to make a success of himself with nothing but a steely determination and a shrewd business brain. With research based on original invoices from the McRae Papers and other extensive archives and new photographs of the surviving uniforms and buttons provided by Tait, Suppliers to the Confederacy II is a complete look at the lives of the men who supplied the Confederacy with the means to fight for their independence.

Suppliers to the Confederacy II: S Isaac Campbell & Co., London, Peter Tait & Co., Limerick

Stainless Banner Publications

This newest title in the 'Suppliers to the Confederacy' series by American historian Craig L. Barry and British historian David C. Burt, is an in-depth study on the Confederate Quartermaster Bureau and includes the story of its first QM-General, Colonel Abraham Myers. This first chapter goes on to tell how in 1863, General Alexander R. Lawton superseded him to become the new Quartermaster General and of his subsequent efforts to turn around the ailing department to the benefit of the troops suffering through lack of adequate clothing and shoes. Chapter Two provides new studies of all the types of imported clothing and sundries, including sewing thread, cloth, shirts, trousers and greatcoats from Great Britain. Chapter Three deals with all fifteen of the British and European button manufacturers and suppliers with pictures of all the various buttons supplied to the Confederate navy, artillery and infantry. Chapter Four is a study of imported hats, blankets, shoes and even socks supplied through the Quartermaster Department to the men in the field. And finally Chapter Five deals with imported British and Austrian artillery and their ammunition, the Whitworth rifle and telescopic rifle scope, and the P1854 Austrian musket.

Suppliers to the Confederacy - Volume III: British Imported Quartermaster Goods, Artillery and Other Ordnance

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