Correct 66" x 65" initial size per G.O. 60.

Correct 10 oz. Weight tabby weave cotton canvas per the orignal carried by Corpl. Heywood. (Regs. Call for lighter 8 oz.)

All buttonholes and eyelets (grommets) are hand sewn with a heavy waxed cotton thread.

Buttons are correct paper-backed tin, 23 in all, sewn on with the correct "x" stitch.

Tent loops and 6'10" guyline are correct actual light hemp twine per the original.

Reinforcement pieces are heavier than the tent material. (4" square at corners; 4"x3" at center bottom.)

Tent sewn on antique Singer treadle machine using common cotton thread lockstitched at correct 1/8" stitch length. Selvage front and back edges per specs; top and bottom edges are stitched, center seam is flat felled.

Issued non-waterproofed as orignals. Feel free to play with raw linseed oil, wax or Thompson's Water Seal. Shelter will not turb back a heavy rain unless treated.

An unlimited number of these can be buttoned together to form shebanks. A common number were four or six.

A full tent, two halves buttoned together, stands without a ridge pole utilizing a 4' upright at each end, pointed at the peak to fix in the
inner upper grommet. The guylines are then staked out to the front and back.

No stenciled makers marks as per original.

Based upon shelter Half carried by Corpl. Sewall L. Heywood of Co. E., 6th Maine Infantry. He served from July 15, 1862 to August 15,
1864. (Original now in Stameletos Bros. Collection.)

Original reviewed by Patrick McDermott in "Company Wag" September, 1988 and called the Stameletos C. It is pictured in the Union "Echos of Glory" on page 214.

Authentically reproduced by a reenactor for reenactors.

Heywood Shelters:
Dan Cheatum 616 Bakersfield Rd. Carbondale, IL 62901
Tel. (618) 529-3038
Email: dancheatum@aol.com

The 10 oz. Heywood Shelter Half ~ $85.00 + shipping
The 8 oz. Lighter Regulation Half ~ $85.00 + shipping

Heywood Shelters are not associated with the Authentic Campaigner. Any Correspondence regarding Heywood Shelters needs to be directed to Dan Cheatum.

This page should not be construed as an exculsive endorsement of Heywood Shelters by the Authentic Campaigner - there are many fine shelters halves available from other good sutlers such as Historic Clothiers, Haversack Depot, etc.