The Quartermaster’s Storehouse (1859) housed supplies, equipment and uniforms used by the soldiers. Each soldier received an annual clothing allowance that included an undress work uniform and a formal dress uniform along with socks, shirts and suspenders. Because of the frigid northern Michigan climate, Fort Mackinac soldiers also received overcoats, fur caps and muskrat gloves.
This walk-through exhibit, attached to the Office, allows you to get an up-close look at what soldiers were issued in the 1880s.
