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| Posted: Mon Dec 10th, 2007 04:05 am |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10th, 2007 09:38 am |
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Roger
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My sources would suggest they didn't.
From Don Troiani's Regiments & Uniforms of the Civil War.
"The uniform of the Confederate surgeon was identical to that of the line officers, except that the trim of the coat collar, cuffs and trouser stripe were black, and the letters "MS" were embroidered in gold on the front of the hat or cap."
No distinctive uniform was issued for enlisted men but but it is reported some wore red badges in their hats.
Hope this helps a bit.
Roger
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10th, 2007 10:04 am |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10th, 2007 12:02 pm |
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Johan Steele
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Green was the trim color of the regular army mounted rifles and some militia units that gave themselves the name "Rifles" favored green somewhere in their uniforms. Pre-war militia... pretty much anything went.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31st, 2007 03:56 am |
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JDC Duncan
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on the following post Shane is dead wrong - and I have sources, but he can do his own research- my word is not to be questioned and I'll start a flame war with anyone who does Last edited on Wed Oct 22nd, 2008 08:04 am by
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| Posted: Tue Jan 1st, 2008 03:20 pm |
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Johan Steele
Life NRA,SUVCW # 48,Legion 352
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Both Federal & CS followed a lot of the pre war US Regular Army mores... When I get back home I can try to look at a few books but at gut reaction I suspect Green trim on a gray kepi is going to be a CS or pre/early war Union militia cap. That said a lot of sutlers come up w/ ideas for gear that has more bassis in fantasy than reality.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 12:20 am |
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Rebel Yell
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I seem to remember reading or hearing that Confederate medical enlisted personnel sometimes wore green armbands, but I can't find any documention to back that up.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17th, 2008 02:53 am |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 12:35 am |
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Reb till death
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Thank you very much I reckon it will be funny to see a 15 year old Confederate chaplin running around at a reenactment.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18th, 2008 10:55 pm |
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CleburneFan
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I have another theory. Some of the mostly Irish Confederate companies and regiments wore green jackets and kepis near the start of the war or in state militias before the war. It is entirely possible that a green band on a kepi could have signified that the company, regiment or brigade was mostly Irish.
Furthermore these same companies, etc., carried green battle flags often adorned with shamrocks or Celtic golden harps and had Gaelic battle cries embroidered on them.
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