Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-08-23
TO THE LADIES OF. PICKENs, ANDERSON
AND ABBEvILLE DISTRICTS.

HE regiment Of Rifles, now encamped at
Sandy Springs is composed Of your fathers,
husbands. sons, neighbors and friends. You
are therefore. deeply interested in preserving
their health and promoting their com fort while
IN the army. The coming winter will, in all
probability. be spent by the regiment in col
der climate ethan the men have been occus-
toned to. and they must be warmly clad to
escape sickness and suffering. They must have
overcoats with heavy double capes, dress coats
and pants, as the uniforms now eine made up
will be much worn before mid winter. Heavy
wollen cloth is very scarce in our markets, and
the health and comfort of the soldier arc too
important to you and the country to rely
upon such precarious supply. What. then, is
to be done' Ladies, you can abundantly sup
ply the want. Go to work and supply every
soldier with thick, heavy woollen plains or
jeans coat. overcoat, and pants. Dye the cloth
brown; this you can do from the trees and
srubs of our own forests. When you have
supplied every soldier in your neighborhood,
then keep on in the good work, and supply
those who may be left destitute. -..
If it suits your convenience better, make the
cloth and deposit twill the persons named
below. and arrangements will be ma1c to have
it made up.
You will deposit the ready-made garments
and the cloth with the depositors below, and
they willsend the clothing on to such of the
soldiers as their friends may designate. making
on each garment the name of the soldies and
the company to which he is attached on GARD.
The garments sent OIL for the benefit of the
regiment. having no marks on them, will be
distributed to the most necessitous
The overcoats should be made double .breas.
ted, end to button up oil. the wnyE the cnpes to
be fastened by buttons 80 that 1t may be re-
moved from the coat when not needed the
skirt Of the coat to extend three inches below
the knee.
Drcss-codt-Frock, with the skirts extern
ding to within three inches of the knee stand
up collar. one and thIee.fourth inches high
single brea:ted covered buttons, covered with
the same material of the coat
Pants cut loose and full IN tho legs.
Go to work. then. my fair acountry.womcr,
mend up your old harness. dust off your slnys
and looms, and let the treadle and shuttle echo
notes OF galness to the soldiers heart. It ia in
this manner you can best illustrate your patr-
otism and aidus in the fierce, yet glorious,
struggle in which we ore engaged against the
ruthless invaders of our homes, ond altars.
public acknowledgement will be made
monthly through the newspapers by each gen
uemnn keeping depositorysof Of the, names and
amount Of contributions. G& ssz-s
Gatments and cloth will be receive d by. and
deposited with, james E. IIngood. rickens c. H.
A. B. Grant, Cheohee; Abel Robbins, Whet-
stone .A!E. Norman and W. H. Dendy. Wal.
halla /; F. P. Werner and $. IL Johns. Bache-
lors' Retreat; J. B Sitton and w. H D. Gail
lard, Peeldleton;T. S. Crayton and John D,
N. Dobbins. Anderson; J. j. Shirley and J. G.
CAN'T. Honea Path Thos.. A. sherard; Sher-
ards store; Col. Samuel Donnald, Donaldson
will: A. e. Hawthorne, Due West; Gen,
Hodges. Hodges Cepot. John NJ. 5Wier, b. p.
Hughes. Abbeville c. II. James Bailey, Thos.
L. Coleman, Greenwood. #.
a. JAMES L. ORR
CoI Regs. of Rifles