Uniforms Irish inspired Civil War uniforms.

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I do not believe there was really any true Irish army uniforms worn during the Civil War era. This is because there were not any Irish army uniforms to copy. This does not mean that some Civil War units made up largely made up of Irish-Americans did not attempt to show off there heritage. In the end most Irish-Americans both in the Union army and the Confederate army wore standard uniforms. What Irish-American units wore uniforms with some type of "Irish" influence?

During the Civil War some Irish-American units wore green trim on their uniforms. For example the Baker Guard Zouaves of the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in 1861 wore Zouave jackets with green trim. In 1862 the 35th Indiana Infantry Regiment (1st Irish regiment) wore dark green kepis with a gold shamrock emblem. On the Confederate side the Emerald Guards of the 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment went off to war in green frock coats and green kepis. The Emerald Guards switched to standard Confederate uniforms with green trim soon after they reached Virginia.

Antebellum militia units in both the North and South were known to wear green uniforms or uniforms with green trim. An example of this is the Irish Jasper Greens of Georgia. Does any of our forum members want to fill us in about antebellum green uniforms or uniforms with green trim from their home states?
 
Clinch Rifles Company A 5th Georgia:

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Here are about 40 units from my old data base that wore some form of green uniforms. A word of caution, this is an old data base I have not looked at for some time and it probably not only is it probably out of date it also likely contains some errors.

Union
USA, 1st​ U.S. Sharpshooters, Berdan’s green frock with green trousers and possibly green sack coat
Pennsylvania 203rd​ Infantry green frock same as Berdan’s SS.
New York 41st​ Infantry, De Kalb Rgt, 2nd​ Yaeger Rgt green German style jacket.
New York Rgt 63rd​ the commander in a green velvet frock.
New York 5th​ Rgt rifle companies wore green frock coat.
New York 9th​ Rgt until 1859 wore an emerald green tail coat.
New York 69th​ Rgt ca.1859 green coatee.
New York Troy Citizen’s Corps wore dark green coatees and trousers.
New York Washington Rifles wore uniforms trimmed with green.
New York ca.1854 wore green coatee.
New York ca. 1855 green coatees and trousers.
Maine Portland Rifle Corps green double-breasted coatees and dark green trousers.
Michigan Detroit Yager Guard green coats.
Indiana 35th​ wore a emerald-green kepi.

CSA
Virginia Alexandria Rifles, 6th​ Bn Virginia Volunteers green frock.
Virginia Hunter Woodis, 54th​ Virginia Militia, 3rd​ Bn (6th​ Virginia Rgt) green frock.
Virginia, Beauregard Rifles a.k..a.. Lynchburg Beauregards (Moorman’s company Virginia Horse Artillery) grey shirt with green plastron.
Virginia, Montgomery Guard, Co C, 1st​ Virginia Volunteers, green coatee.
Virginia, Emmitt Guards,17th​ Virginia Volunteer Infantry Rgt, Company G, green shell jacket.
Virginia, Kanawah Riflemen dark green frock and trousers.
Virginia, Beauregard Rifles a.k.a. The Zouaves, Gray shirt with green plastron and trim.
Georgia 5th​ Infantry Rgt, officers wore green frock.
Georgia, Muscogee Rifles green frock and trousers.
Georgia, Clinch rifles double breasted dark green frock and shell jackets and hat.
Alabama, Emerald Guards, green frock.
Alabama, Mobile Rifles dark green coatee and trousers.
Alabama, Montgomery Rifles green kersey uniforms.
Alabama, The 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment was commanded by a Mexican-American War vet to start named Colonel John J. Seibels. He made all of the officers of the regiment wear double-breasted green frock coats with Federal eagle buttons on them. General (then Captain) John B. Gordon said they wore these for the first 12 months of their enlistment.
Louisiana, Pelican Rifles, 1860,dark green coat and pants. Also said to wear later in 1860 green dress frock or hunter shirt.
Louisiana, Jefferson Rifles blue frock with green trim.
Louisiana, Delta Rifles, wore green hunting shirts with fringe to include the sleeves.
South Carolina
Charlotte Light Dragoons, green coatee early in war.
South Carolina The Gist Riflemen (Williamston), Green frock and trousers or green hunter shirt.
South Carolina, Rhett Guard (Newberry), 1st​ South Carolina green hunting frock.
South Carolina Montgomery Guard dark green coatee.
Kentucky
Lexington Rifles of wore rifle-green frock coats, caps and trousers.
Mississippi, Mississippi Rifles, dark green frock and trousers.
Florida green uniforms.
Texas, Tom Green Rifles gray with green trim.
Tennessee, Memphis Light Dragoons (Co A, 6th​ Tennessee Cav. Bn.) a green jacket.
Tennessee, Tennessee Cadets (Memphis) wore a dark green coat.

Some NY volunteer cavalry wore green trim.
Many rifle companies, both north and south, wore green facing color.
 
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