Civil War era naval uniform

[major bill]

Well I did not say a Union or Confederate naval uniform. This is what the Russian sailors wore when their ships were in the U.S.

 

[AndyHall]

The green and blue just doesn't work for me.

 

[major bill]

When I purchased the color plate the description page was not with the plate so I can not say anything about the accuracy of the color plate. The plate is rather colorful. The sailors in your photograph do not look like the type of men I would start a bar fight with. Well, I would not start a fight with them if I was sober.

 

[AndyHall]

The sailors in your photograph do not look like the type of men I would start a bar fight with.

Lord, no. At least four of the seven have bosun's calls (whistles), indicating they're senior enlisted men. I'm sure they could handle themselves in Five Points with no trouble at all.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Nice post...Thanks Andy.

 

[major bill]

When I purchased the color plate the description page was not with the plate so I can not say anything about the accuracy of the color plate. The plate is rather colorful. The sailors in your photograph do not look like the type of men I would start a bar fight with. Well, I would not start a fight with them if I was sober.

As I said before, the Russian sailors in the photo that AndyHall posted in post #2 do not look like the type of men I would start a bar fight with. So many young Civil War Union and Confederate soldiers tried so hard to look tough in photos, but I am not sure these Russians are just trying to look tough. A couple of these Russian Sailors have hard eyes and a couple have crazy eyes.

 

[Klaudly]

Confederate seamen were not the only ones not wearing the blue!

 

[CSA Today]

Lord, no. At least four of the seven have bosun's calls (whistles), indicating they're senior enlisted men. I'm sure they could handle themselves in Five Points with no trouble at all.

Bosun Pipes

 

[TerryB]

Lord, no. At least four of the seven have bosun's calls (whistles), indicating they're senior enlisted men. I'm sure they could handle themselves in Five Points with no trouble at all.

My dad had a silver bosun's pipe which I haven't seen in years. I hope I didn't misplace it. He hand wove the cord for it--he did a lot of macreme (sp?) before he died.

 

[major bill]

I thought I would "bump" this because we have a new forum member from Russia. Russia has to be one of the few world navies who wore green uniforms. Does anyone know why they wore green?

 

[mofederal]

They are a very colorful bunch, the colors are not so odd, as I can imagine the colors pretty well in the black and white image.