He is wearing standard issue uniform and accouterments.
Not much help then....
every item of clothing seems to be ill fitting? how was clothing issued? any one know? just courious?
They came in 2 sizes, too big and too small
Seriously I believe they made 4 sizes. Certainly not tailor fit. Looking at a lot of period photos of guys in the field their clothing rarely looked like a perfect fit.
One thing Col. Fremantle noted in his book was that the average Confederate uniform, though non-standard in color, fit the soldier much better than the uniforms of the Union soldiers he observed.
Most CSA uniforms were made by family members or local seamstresses. It's a lot easier to fit something when you have seen the person who will wear it!
veranda, now that is a seldom word used any more. I grew up with it in the 1950's. and porch & stoop! now they are called deck's!
Yes, someone told Fremantle that his soldiers preferred to wear homespun over issued uniforms. I think that was at Shelbyville, but don't remember. Fremanttle wrote that only the officers were uniformly in gray.
Yes, but my use of it comes from the movies. I don't think I ever heard anyone call it that.
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