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Sometimes spelled Fusilier (European).
In the context of the Civil War, how would you define a Fusileer? Or a Fusileer regiment?
Is it just about the flintlock weaponry? Did any Civil War units define themselves by this obsolete weaponry or is there a newer, more profound meaning to the word?
Fusileers are notorious for flamboyant costume-like uniforms... Anyone know why & how that was perpetuated in the Civil War?
I'm looking for descriptive, poetic, academic, etc., definitions based on the understanding of Civil War buffs.
In the context of the Civil War, how would you define a Fusileer? Or a Fusileer regiment?
Is it just about the flintlock weaponry? Did any Civil War units define themselves by this obsolete weaponry or is there a newer, more profound meaning to the word?
Fusileers are notorious for flamboyant costume-like uniforms... Anyone know why & how that was perpetuated in the Civil War?
I'm looking for descriptive, poetic, academic, etc., definitions based on the understanding of Civil War buffs.