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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Reefer jacket or reefer coat? Why were they called "reefer jackets" …
Aug 25, 2012 · However, by the mid-1850s the US Navy ceased providing "monkey jackets." From the "Kedge Anchor" (1855) we received notice that US Navy vessels carried for slops …
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 …
Coppens' Louisiana Zouaves' Wild Ride to Richmond
Nov 20, 2012 · Full, baggy scarlet trousers, confined round the waist by the broad blue band or sash, bearing the bowie knife and meeting, at mid-leg, the white gaiter; blue shirt cut very low …
Was there any significant difference in the shade of grays used?
Oct 4, 2013 · Many of Longstreets troops that were sent West in 1863 were reportedly wearing these issues along with the English blue-grey jackets... hence reported to be part of the …
Louisiana Zouaves | Regimental Histories - American Civil War …
Apr 20, 2021 · The blue jackets are a big item of argument among reenactors and historians today but period references state blue was the color for sure. I wish I could tell ya'll for sure …