Shake Your Bootie? - Ft. Crawford & Ft. Winnebago

[Cliff Krainik]

Shake Your Bootie? - Ft. Crawford & Ft. Winnebago - W.T.

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We recently acquired a document addressed to Mr. E. S. Fayssoux, Military Storekeeper, U.S. Arsenal, dated January 28, 1840. The directive calls for the transfer of clothing and supplies to Ft. Crawford (Prairie du Chien) and Ft. Winnebago (Portage) - it lists, in part, the following items - "forage caps, woolen jackets, woolen overalls, cotton shirts, cotton overalls, flannel shirts, drawers, stockings, blankets, and booties." Booties?

Can anyone give me a definition for bootie?

For a further description of the ordnance document please refer to our eBay site -

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Cliff Krainik

[Greg Carter]

Cliff,

Generally a "bootee" is an army or civilian footwear that rises to the ankle or so.

That list is quite nice- Since it is dated 1840, it is quite likely that the items are from the pre-1839 uniform issue, so those could be 1821 or 1832 US uniform items, and the 1825 or 1833 forage caps. WOW.

GMC

[Cliff Krainik]

Thank you for the information 'bout the booties, Greg.

Cliff