First Bull Run 17th Mississippi

[F Burke]

1) How was the 17th Mississippi armed at Bull Run ? company B if they were armed differently.
2) What uniforms did they have ?

 

[GELongstreet]

1: The regiment is said to have used M1822 muskets (Springfields?), don´t know if converted or not.

2:

Said to be of Company I, courtesy of http://firstbullrun.co.uk - a wonderful page.

 

[F Burke]

1: The regiment is said to have used M1822 muskets (Springfields?), don´t know if converted or not.

2:

Said to be of Company I, courtesy of http://firstbullrun.co.uk - a wonderful page.

Thank You Sir. If the 1822s were Springfields, that would remove a little confusion. I want the hat !

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

2) What uniforms did they have ?

Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

The 17th Mississippi began the War wearing a uniform of gray with red trim as prescribed by the ever changing early war Mississippi regulations. Here's a color version of the Don Troiani image posted above:

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125340&page=5

However once in Virginia, some companies of the 17th Mississippi wore uniforms of gray with black trim.

According to the diary of Robert A. Moore, a member of the Confederate Guards, camped near Leesburg, Virginia, during August 1861, the 17th Mississippi Infantry purchased 'for the Reg. goods for a uniform' which was taken 'back to the homes of the different companies' to be made up. Received by the end of October, these uniforms consisted of grey ten-button shell jackets with a single small button oneither side of a black trimmed collar. Cuffs were decorated with black cord forming a distinctive single loop. The front and bottom jacket edges were also trimmed with black cord. Some jackets had a single pocket on the right breast. Pants were also grey with two-inch wide seam stripes
http://www.angelfire.com/ms2/UniversityGreys/Uniform_summary.html

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Here's a fantastic painted miniature of a 17th Mississippi Infantryman's early war uniform Based on the Troiani illustration:

http://www.puttyandpaint.com/projects/785