Why the Union issued light blue trousers but dark blue jackets?
Aug 25, 2012 · Apparently many Maine soldiers preferred dark blue trousers to the sky-blue kersey wool trousers. The entire U.S. infantry uniform in the Mexican War had been sky blue, albeit with white linen or cotton fatigues authorized for wear in extreme heat.
1832 Uniform | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing, & Gear
Dec 30, 2023 · In 1832 the Army also came out with the sky-blue 1832-Pattern dragoon jacket (also worn by mounted rifles). The most striking difference between the roundabout and the mounted jacket was the was roundabouts jackets had 9 buttons and were cut square at the waist, while mounted jackets had 12 buttons and were pointed in the front and back.
Uniforms - The color of the Zouave jackets and trousers of White's ...
Aug 25, 2012 · Various authors in the past, including Brooks in 1999, have said that the wore either blue jackets, or brown jackets, or gray jackets. Now people who study the uniforms of Wheat's 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Infantry will have to evaluate the new information that Ross Brooks presents in this article.
Uniforms - Collar and cuff trim on Columbus Depot jackets?
Aug 25, 2012 · It appears that the Columbus Depot may have supplied 263,000 jackets. Some apparently had blue collars and cuffs, while some had blue collar and untrimmed cuffs. It appears that artillery and cavalry may have received jackets with blue trim, and that red or yellow trimmed Columbus jackets may not have existed.
Confederate naval uniforms | Relic Hunting & Collecting
Jul 7, 2017 · What did the well dressed Confederate sailor wear? H. Myers, paymaster, C.S.N. put ads in the New Orleans Daily Delta on 17 and 18 May 1861 for blue uniforms. This is what Myers asked for proposals for: Blue flannel overshirts Blue flannel jumpers Blue cloth roundabouts Blue cloth pea jackets...
Help! - What did the Louisiana Avegno Zouave Uniform Look Like?
Jul 30, 2024 · Seems quite reasonable. One issue to consider is that uniforms fade so it is possible the gators were black but faded. At least one Confederate zouave unit has blue jackets that seem to have faded to brown. All speculation but I think you have come up with the best possible description based on available information.
Revisiting Union uniforms | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing, & Gear
May 9, 2024 · However, in December, 1861 the Regulations were changed to include sky-blue instead of dark blue trousers. And infantrymen in full uniform late 1863, wearing the sky-blue 1861 pattern trousers... During the War the full dress uniform, as shown above, was not popular and not often entirely worn.
Uniforms - Navy "Monkey Jackets" and navy "Round Jackets".
Aug 25, 2012 · To make this clear, a contractor advertisement by the US Navy in 1853, mentions “pea-jackets” and “monkey jackets” made of blue pilot cloth, besides the regulation blue cloth round jackets. [March 28, 1853 contract advertisement, in The Washington Union , Washington, DC, 4-20-1853.]
Ohio regulation cap at start of War. | Relic Hunting & Collecting
Aug 25, 2012 · May 1861 NY-mfr. gray coarse jacket and pants, blue zouave/chausseur cap, heavy shoes, but made of “shoddy” that wore out quickly. June 1861: gray frock coats or jackets, a few blue jackets, gray trousers, gray broad-brimmed …
Uniforms - Southern units who wore kilts. | Ranks, Uniforms, …
Aug 25, 2012 · However, I own 4 1-9th tintypes of yanks (all in the same case) in dark blue jackets, and Balmoral tams with a hatched pattern lower rim; three privates, one sarge. Over my years of collecting, I often saw these tams listed as being members of Colonel/General John McArthur's 12th Illinois Infantry. I now Know better.