Brown short boot Smooth side out lined Artillery pattern.
Artillery boot 1861, or sometimes called the Short Boot or Engineer Boot. The mid-calf height of the boot changes in proportion to the size. The boot is leather lined. The original is on the right in the image.
Brown short boot Rough side out unlined boot.
1861, Brown rough out Short Boot. The mid-calf height of the boot changes in proportion to the size. The brown rough out boot is unlined.
Hessian boot re-production
Fugawee’s Hessian boot is another well made long lasting leather boot, Steel shank construction. Stacked leather heel, fully lined. The boots do not come with a tassel, These have a narrow shaft so those with large calves they might not work for you.
Patent Leather Congress Gaitor, Civil War Men’s pull-on Shoe
The Congressgaitor is more of an ankle boot. It is what you have been looking for. With a tab on the back for ease of entry, it has a smooth black leather toe, two elastic gussets one either side and a stacked heel.
Artillery Boot 1861, short boot Rough side out unlined boot.
Artillery boot 1861, Short Boot. The mid-calf height of the boot changes in proportion to the size. The black rough out boot is unlined.
Brogan, Southern or Monticello model Rough side out
The Southern or Monticello model. also appropriate as a work shoe from the early 1800’s until the present day, is built on the same lasts as the Federal Contract Bootee. It has five lace holes and a pull tab on … Read More
Liquidation sale No returns. Brogan or Jefferson Bootie, Rough side out.
I am sorry to say our shoe manufacturer is out of business, and we no longer see carrying them. We are liquidating the remaining inventory at below-cost prices. There are NO RETURNS ON LIQUIDATED ITEMS. Rough out Brogan by … Read More
Liquidation sale No returns. Brogan, Jefferson Bootie Smooth side out
I am sorry to say our shoe manufacturer is out of business, and we no longer see carrying them. We are liquidating the remaining inventory at below-cost prices. There are NO RETURNS ON LIQUIDATED ITEMS. Brogans are also called Jefferson … Read More
Congress Gator, Black & Brown, Civil War Men’s pull-on Shoe
The Congressgaitor is more of an ankle boot. It is what you have been looking for. With a tab on the back for ease of entry, it has a smooth black leather toe, two elastic gussets one either side and a stacked heel.
Historic Stovepipe Boot, black smooth side out
The Stovepipe is close to all around or common boot. It comes high on the leg, almost to the knee. The leg is wider so the trousers can be tucked in them. It is a two piece pattern with 1 1/4″ stacked heel. It has inside pull tabs to make it easier to pull on.
Artillery Boot 1861, short boot Smooth side out lined boot.
Artillery boot 1861, or sometimes called the Short Boot or Engineer Boot. The mid-calf height of the boot changes in proportion to the size. The boot is leather lined. The original is on the right in the image.
Congress Gaitor, Civil War Men’s pull-on Shoe
The Congressgaitor is more of an ankle boot. It is what you have been looking for. With a tab on the back for ease of entry, it has a smooth black leather toe, two elastic gussets one either side and a stacked heel.
By the way, only forty percent of the shoes or boots issued during the entire Civil War were pegged. Pegs didn’t meet military specs and bootees made with pegs were purchased from the contractors for about seventy cents a pair less ($1.95 versus $1.25) than sewed boots or bootees. Civil War shoes are pretty hard to tell apart. Once they have been stomped through the mud a few times your eye can’t tell where they came from. That’s when your feet will tell you that you are wearing Fugawee’s Civil War shoes.Most Civil War bootees were issued in smooth leather (right) but rough out (left) seems to have taken over among re-enactors. The Monticello was patterned after the shoes shown on a Gettysburg statue of Civil War Confederate soldiers around a mounted Gen. Robert E. Lee. About forty percent of all boots and brogans purchased by the US Army during the Civil War were constructed with the less expensive pegging process. Civil War shoes. Common soldier wore rough side out and polished the nap down. The smooth side out makes a good Garrison boot.