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Welcome to the Website of the Kissimmee River Depot Sutler, John Holmes, Proprietor.
If you are looking for "ultra-hardcore" uniforms where you handsew the buttonholes on your underdrawers and count the number of threads in the warp of your blanket - this isn't it...
If you are looking for polyester Sears workshirts and painters pants with lots of yellow stripes sewn on - not here, either...
If you are looking for good, authentic, well-made uniforms and equipment with the right materials, design, and durability - you are in the right place.
Since 1985, we have provided uniforms and equipment for Civil War Reenactors, movie productions, historic parks, living history presentations, and Sons of Confederate and Union Veterans organizations.
We specialize in the uniforms of the "common soldier" - the average "G.I." of the War Between the States in both the eastern and western armies. (yes, armies weren't just "north and south" - be careful, you might learn things here...)
General Information:
PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE - My suppliers will occasionally raise their prices, and then I must raise mine. It doesn't happen often (except with the firearms...) and I will try to keep the site up to date.
MATERIALS - I use American-made materials and manufacturers whenever possible. The wool and jeancloth for my uniforms comes from Woolrich, a company that provided wool for the army during the Civil War, and my leather goods are made of American oak-tanned leather (not water buffalo roadkill). Most of my "tinware" has been made of stainless steel for sanitary and durability reasons, but it looks and functions the same as the original.
My firearms are top-quality Italian reproductions that are identical to the originals, so you don't have to worry about "metal fatigue" or destroying an antique.
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