I found this on the Authentic Campaigner and I wanted to share this with anyone who was interested in seeing the various marching orders for various infantry companies. I added the information about the Kanawha Riflemen which gives a great comparison to that of Wise's Legion.

The Kanawha Valley Star, April 30, 1861

Kanawha Riflemen

Company Orders #1

April 26, 1861

1. In compliance with the requisition of a Proclamation of the Governor of Virginia dated at Richmond the 19th of April 1861, this command will hold itself in readiness for marching orders.

2.In case such orders shall arrive, each one must provide himself with the following articles at least in addition to dress and fatigue uniforms, to wit: two shirts, four collars, two pair of socks, two pair of drawers, one blacking brush and box (to any two files), two pair of white Berlin gloves, one quart tin cup, one white cotton haversack, one case knife, fork, and spoon, two towels, two handkerchiefs, comb and brush, and toothbrush. Some stout linen thread, a few buttons, paper of pins, and a thimble, in a small buckskin or cloth bag.

3.There being no knapsacks in the possession of the company one ordinary sized carpetsack will be allowed to every two men, for the purpose of holding such of the above articles as are not in constant use. The knife, fork and spoon, haversack and tin cup, must be worn about the person, the first three and the last articles to the waist belt. Immediately after the receipt and promulgation of marching orders, the carpetsacks, duly packed, must be delivered to the Quartermaster Sergeant, neatly marked with the names of the two owners. Each file will procure a comfortable blanket

4.It is earnestly recommended that all under clothes should be woolen, especially the socks, as cotton socks are utterly unfit for marching in and all files should wear woolen undershirts. Shoes, sewed soles, and fitting easily, but not too loosely to the foot, coming up over the ankle, are infinitely preferable to boots, and should be made string and serviceable.

The list goes on to cover having measurements taken of each for the production of (Grey cloth flannel) jackets for fatigue duty. It also states the duties of what the Assistant Surgeon, Quartermaster Sergeant and the Band. All in preparation of marching orders. These orders were signed by Captain George Smith Patton and were found in the book the Bullets and Steel, The Fight for the Great Kanawha Valley 1861-1865 by Richard Andre, Stan Cohen and Bill Wintz on pages 22-23.

Counsel to our Volunteers.

1. Remember that in a campaign more men die from sickness than by the bullet.

2. Line your blanket with one thickness of drilling. This adds but four ounces in weight and doubles the warmth.

3. Buy a small India rubber blanket (only $1,50), to lay on the ground or to throw over your shoulders when on guard duty during a rain storm. – Most of the Eastern troops are provided with these. Straw to lie upon is not always to be had.

4. The best military hat in use is the light-colored soft felt; the crown being sufficiently high to allow space for air over the brain. You can fasten it up as a continental in fair weather, or turn it down when it is wet or very sunny.

5. Let your beard grow so as to protect the throat and lungs.

6. Keep your entire person clean: this prevents fevers and bowel complaints in warm climates. Wash your body each day if possible. Avoid strong coffee and oily meat. Gen. Scott said that the too free use of these (together with neglect in keeping the skin clean) cost many a soldier his life in Mexico.

7. A sudden check of perspiration by chilly or night air often causes fever and death. When thus exposed, do not forget your blanket.

AN OLD SOLDIER

June 7, 1861 for Wise's Legion (Va.)

2 flannel overshirts

2 woolen undershirts

2 pr. white cotton drawers

2 pr. woolen socks

2 pr. cotton socks

2 colored handkerchiefs

2 pr. stout shoes

2 towels

1 blanket - hole in middle

1 blanket for cover

1 broad brimmed hat

1 pound castile soap

2 pounds bar soap

1 belt knife

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stout linen thread

large needles

thimble

bit of beeswax

buttons

paper of pins

"all in a small buckskin or stout cloth bag"

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1 overcoat

1 painted canvas cloth, seven feet four inches long, five feet wide