Descriptions of the Shell Jacket and Roundabout
from the
US Dress Regulations of 1861

Roundabout - (A carryover from the Mexican war and Militia units.) 9 med general service eagle button front, with untrimmed stand up collar (shorter than a shell jacket), waist length, Navy Blue wool. No pockets. Lined in cotton.

Shell Jackets - 12 small general service eagle button front, trimmed as regulations, stand up collar, waist length, Navy Blue wool. Trimmed with branch colors.

          13...All Enlisted Men of the Dragoons, Cavalry, Mounted Riflemen, and Light Artillery, shall wear a uniform jacket of dark blue cloth, with one row of twelve small buttons on the breast placed at equal distances; stand - up collar to rise no higher than to permit the chin to turn freely over it, to hook in front at the bottom, and to slope the same as the coat collar; on the collar, on each side, two blind button holes of lace, three - eighths of an inch wide, one small button on the button hole, lower button hole extending back four inches, upper button hole three and a half inches; top button and front ends of collar bound with lace three - eighths of an inch wide, and a strip of the same extending down the front and around the whole lower edge of the jacket ; the back seam laced with the same, and on the cuff a point of the same shape as that on the coat, but formed of the lace; jacket to extend to the waist, and to be lined with white flannel; two small buttons at the under seam of the cuff, as on the coat cuff ; one hook and eye at the bottom of the collar; color of lace, (worsted,) orange for Dragoons, yellow for Cavalry, green for Riflemen, and scarlet for Light Artillery.

Description from revised regulations of 1861

Fabrics available for our
Union Shell Jackets

Allow minimum of 3-5 weeks on Special Order Fabrics

21 oz.  Wool
also 13 0z available, for kids uniforms

Navy Blue

 

 

Qty:  Select Coat Mounted Services Musician

Branch of Service Artillery Cavalry Select Size ----Men's---- Size 32 Size 34 Size 36 Size 38 Size 40 Size 42 Size 44 Size 46 Size 48 Size 50 Size 52 Size 54 Size 56 Size 58 Size 60 Size 62 Size 64

Select Buttons General Service Eagle Eagle Shield "I" Eagle Shield "A" Eagle Shield "C"

Qty:  Select Roundabout Militia (plain) Infantry (piped)

Select Size ----Men's---- Size 32 Size 34 Size 36 Size 38 Size 40 Size 42 Size 44 Size 46 Size 48 Size 50 Size 52 Size 54 Size 56 Size 58 Size 60 Size 62 Size 64 Select Buttons General Service Eagle Eagle Shield "I" Eagle Shield "A" Eagle Shield "C"