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The uniform details of White's Tiger Rifles of New Orleans has seemed to differ from writer to writer and artist to artist. Do we really know what the wore? When we see reenactors depicting them are their uniforms accurate?
Today I read "Physically Splendid Material Morally Dreadful"- The Uniforms of the New Orleans "Tiger Rifles" by Ross Brooks. Some of our forum members will remember him for his article Part Irish and the Rest the Flower of Southern Chivalry: Clothing, Arms, and Equipment of the 1st Special Battalion of Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1862. In this article Ross Brooks gave us some great information about their uniforms. In the last two decades Brooks has continued to study the 1st Special Battalion of Louisiana Volunteer Infantry and has come up with additional information about the color of their Zouave jackets and the stripes on their Zouave trousers. Both of these subjects have been argued by Civil War uniform 'experts' both before and after Brooks 1999 article. Some of the "new" information Brooks adds may not make some uniform 'experts' happy and could upset a few reenactors.
So my first question Brooks tells of a couple of red jackets worn by this unit, how many of the Tiger Rifles wore these red jackets? What did the Zouave trousers blue and white stripes look like? These blue and white striped Zouave trousers have been argued about over and over.
Today I read "Physically Splendid Material Morally Dreadful"- The Uniforms of the New Orleans "Tiger Rifles" by Ross Brooks. Some of our forum members will remember him for his article Part Irish and the Rest the Flower of Southern Chivalry: Clothing, Arms, and Equipment of the 1st Special Battalion of Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1862. In this article Ross Brooks gave us some great information about their uniforms. In the last two decades Brooks has continued to study the 1st Special Battalion of Louisiana Volunteer Infantry and has come up with additional information about the color of their Zouave jackets and the stripes on their Zouave trousers. Both of these subjects have been argued by Civil War uniform 'experts' both before and after Brooks 1999 article. Some of the "new" information Brooks adds may not make some uniform 'experts' happy and could upset a few reenactors.
So my first question Brooks tells of a couple of red jackets worn by this unit, how many of the Tiger Rifles wore these red jackets? What did the Zouave trousers blue and white stripes look like? These blue and white striped Zouave trousers have been argued about over and over.