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- Aug 25, 2012
While looking over Rhode Island uniforms for another thread this gave me some pause to think.
In The First Regiment Rhode Island Detached Militia, 1861 by Alan H. Archambault published in the Military Collector & Historian Journal of the Company of Military Historians Fall 2001 Mr. Archambault says this drawing is based on a photograph of two of the regiment's Carbineers. He believes the insignia on the arms signifies them as sharpshooters. I was wondering is anyone has heard of this insignia? The photo this is drawn from is in the collection of Herb Peck.
In The First Regiment Rhode Island Detached Militia, 1861 by Alan H. Archambault published in the Military Collector & Historian Journal of the Company of Military Historians Fall 2001 Mr. Archambault says this drawing is based on a photograph of two of the regiment's Carbineers. He believes the insignia on the arms signifies them as sharpshooters. I was wondering is anyone has heard of this insignia? The photo this is drawn from is in the collection of Herb Peck.