10th Ala Cav 2LT Uniform

[Dartman57]

Looking to represent my Great Uncle (A "few" times over) who was a 2LT in Co D, 10th Ala Cav. What would his dress and field uniform been? Would he of just carried a revolver and sword or would he of carried a carbine as well?

 

[RedRover]

Looking to represent my Great Uncle (A "few" times over) who was a 2LT in Co D, 10th Ala Cav. What would his dress and field uniform been? Would he of just carried a revolver and sword or would he of carried a carbine as well?

Here Major John B. Rudolph of the 10th Alabama Cavalry wears a regulation CS Army uniform coat, which like many wartime coats seems to lack the regulation branch of service colored collar and cuffs... And at right a surviving example.

A second lieutenant's uniform coat would have a single bar on the collar...

From mid-1862, General orders from the Confederate War department recommended Confederate army officers wear gray coats or jackets without so much insignia, so as not to stand out...

So many cavalry officers dressed in simple single-breasted jackets like those of the soldiers. Here's an account of a lieutenant of the 10th Alabama Cavalry and his jacket...

As noted above, he carried a revolver on his belt, besides the derringer in his jacket pocket.

Officers also generally had swords. But in the Confederate cavalry, like Forrest's, it was customary to strap them to the saddle when had.

Here's an officer of the 6th Alabama Cavalry in a uniform coat without any insignias...

T.F. Berry of the Confederate Cavalry in the west, post-war illustrated his fatigue outfit late in the war, with a jacket marked on the collar with his rank, like so...

 

[Klaudly]

I drew this officer 5 years ago in a work dedicated to the Clanton Brigade