Thursday, November 12, 2026

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Saturday, January 24, 1863

Buntyn Station.  Rainy and dark all day. Health good. Battery in general dull from the effects of last night's carousal.

Price of army clothing, Oct. 1862

Hats, naked

$1.68

Cord and tassel

.15

Eagle

.14

Cross Cannons

.03

Jacket

5.55

Trousers

4.60

Woolen shirts

1.46

Woolen drawers

.95

Stockings

.32

Sewed boots

3.25

Pegged boots

2.87

Overcoat

11.59

Woolen blanket

3.60

Lined sack coats

3.14

Canteen

.44

Knapsack

2.14

Haversack, glazed

.56

Rubber pouch

2.90

SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 29

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