The Forts of Fort Wayne: Twenty-Five Years of Army Occupation at the Three RiversMain MenuWhy Fort Wayne MattersThe Goals of this ProjectFortifying the RiversThe First American Fort is BuiltA New Century and a New FortThe Second Fort, 1800-1815Statehood SentryThe Third Fort, 1815-1819A Fort RebornPreserving the Past for the Next GenerationCory Balkenbusch1813df9caeea31c6742588d0733c7e303d399f25
None of the buttons on the front of a 1810 pattern coat were functional. The coat fronts were instead held closed by a series of hook and eyes.
1media/1810 edited_thumb.jpg2023-05-29T23:11:14+00:00Cory Balkenbusch1813df9caeea31c6742588d0733c7e303d399f251810 Uniforms1At the outbreak of war, the Fort Wayne garrison were wearing 1810 pattern coats with felt shakos. These ornate uniforms were immediately phased out due to their sheer expense once the Army was expanded for war.media/1810 edited.jpgplain2023-05-29T23:11:14+00:00Author's collection.Cory Balkenbusch1813df9caeea31c6742588d0733c7e303d399f25