Hayes
Thanks Larry & Alan.
Sun Jul 8 22:08:57 2001


Thanks to both Larry and Alan for responding to my query on the black trimmed uniform. Not being very "up" on uniforms, this was more a matter of curiosity to me. The book that I referenced is very good on photos, but a little short on captions. [You usually get good photos or good text from Civil War books, but seldom both.]

It does show the pants, with the black piping, but I had not noticed it until Alan had me take a closer look with his response. It also shows the matching vest. In the same photo, it shows full accoutrements, including booties, hat, shirt, gun, two large knives, etc. I assume these all go with this uniform.

The book does credit this collection to the Museum of the Confederacy, but I failed to note this in my query.

The subject of Confederate uniforms is just too complex for me!