Hello all,
Does anyone happen to know what sort of uniforms the 2nd Texas Infantry wore or were issued? My gr gr grandfather was an Asst-Surgeon with that unit and I am wondering what he might have worn. Would they have just worn what Texas issued them or some sort of generic "Trans-Miss Dept" uniform? He was from a prominant old Maryland family and for all I know he might have had one tailor made for him. Who knows. Also, an Asst-Surgeon was either a Lieutenant or a Captain. I wonder what rank he held? Records and/or articles about him say he was at first a "Contract Physician" but then made "Asst-Surgeon and that the 2nd Texas Infantry was mustered at at Galveston in 1964. It said he continued to serve in the Trans-Miss Dept. I wonder I could find any records of his service after the 2nd Texsas was mustered out?

I do wonder why he, a Marylander, wound up with the 2nd Texas Infantry way down "Yonder" so far from Maryland. I think he finished med school in like 1860 and might have been traveling on a lark, vacation, visiting kinfolks, etc, when the war started and he got caught up in it. Who knows? After the war he went back to Pr. Georges County, Md and owned a farm. In 1900 he owned 1600 acres. He died in 1906 I think.
Thanks,
David Middleton Edelen II
Alabama