Hussars uniforms in Georgia.

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Before the Civil War some elite militia companies adopted fancy Hussar uniforms. The uniforms and horse equipment was very expensive and the Zouave craze replaced Hussar uniforms as the style of the hour starting in 1860. This said a few Hussar companies existed right up to the Civil War. For some reason Georgia seemed to have a high number of Hussar companies at the start of the Civil War. some of the Georgia Hussar units.

Georgia Hussars
The Richmond Hussars of Augusta
Doughtery Hussars of Doghterty County Georgia
Effingham Hussars
Culpepper Hussars
Grubbs Hussars
Bibb Hussars
Stonewall Hussars

The uniforms of most of these Georgia hussar units are not recorded and some may have not worn hussar uniforms.
 
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