UNITED STATES 1862

CONFEDERATE INFANTRYMAN

The confederate army, called also rebel or Confederate, it is seen fixed to modify the really uniform to war in course for street of the scarceness of the woven. At the beginning the infantry wore a sky-blue kepi with visor of black leathers, grey jacket-sky-blue with gilt buttons, cuffs and she/he/it collects sky-blue, upright trousers also they sky-blue, black boots. Such uniform was rapidly substituted with an other that coupled grey or brown jacket and trousers clear. It is dealt yet of a change more that other formal because in the reality the championed Confederate continued to wear dressed in the really Guardaroba.

The army confederate initiated the secession war wearing a similar uniform to that of the fell of the academy: soldier of West Point, with the inverted colours in comparison with the Yankee army.

The troop, so as the non-commissioned officers, it bore a kepi of grey cloth with visor of black leathers, over which, there was a band of variable colour ( sky-blue for the infantry, red for the artillery and yellow for the chivalry); the chivalry official exhibited often a hair to brim away, that of infantry and artillery generally prefered the kepi. The jacket, grey-sky-blue, it is connected with two file of gilt button and it was characterized by collar, cuffs and borders of the colour of the regiment.

The trousers, sky-blue with a colour of lateral band of the finishing touch, they are borne over the boot of black leather, during the winter the uniform was completed by a coat with cape grey.

Official the degree was indicated from epaulet and gilt knots on the sleeves, also the non-commissioned officers have sewn degrees on the cuff.

After the 1863 the crisis of the textile industry compeled the southerners to replace the uniform old woman with the other much more simple.

Composed by a jacket and from trousers of craftsmanlike making made by makes oneself scarce for bags ( nut butter ) grey or khaki.

THE ARMS

The confederate infantry was rigged with every rifles of kind, from to Enfield gauge britain. 14mm to to it Sharps1861 gauges 14, 5 mm constructed on the model of the analogous northerners. The officials used LeMat 1860 revolver from 11 mm, imitations of the Colt uses from the northerners, and a curve sabre. The chivalry were armed with sabre and rifle. How to between the northerners, the artillery used above all Napoleon guns and Parrott.


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