Hi Jim
Thanks for the additional information, if I had the Mason or Womack pictures, I would die a happy man, but I only have the references!! I do have some photographs that you are not listing on your site, if you are interested. Please see below for the 27th October 1861 clothing reference in full,

After passing the regiments in their front, the 1st and 7th Tennessee, near Lewisburg, the regiment was rewarded for reaching Huntersville first. ‘A staff officer (Colonel Stark, afterwards made Brigadier-General and killed at Sharpsburg) said to Savage: “There is a fine lot of clothing for distribution amoung the troops here, and because of your rapid marches General Lee has ordered that your regiment shall get whatever the men want before a further distribution is made. The boys got shirts, shoes, pantaloons, coats and overcoats, some of which latter garments survived the war”’

I have to admit that when Lt Denton returned from Tennessee with winter clothing from home, in the middle of November, it would seem that the men were pretty much in a bad state with their clothes, but I have no reason to question the above statement. Maybe the clothes issued were of bad quality and wore very badly, or maybe,they were not as suitable for the winter mountains as the clothes from home, therefore, they were glad to see them. Regards, Ian