TN partisan ranger appearance?

[jr baker]

What would have the partisan ranger uniform look like would be more civilian or miss match of different uniform. What all would they have carried with them would they have a knapsack? All my ancestors fought in the partisan ranger all center around the 1st tn partisan ranger also call the 12th Tennessee cavalry thanks

 

[Klaudly]

I think that: if usually Confederate soldiers were receiving supplies of clothing and equipment not regularly and not uniformly, the partisans who usually acted behind enemy lines, were dressed and equipped on rare occasions by government depots. I think that normally their appearance, showed items from confederate and captured enemy plus whatever they could get around, also knapsack. There were exceptions, like the partisans of Mosby, observing the pictures, it seems that they were well-dressed and equipped.

 

[TerryB]

Champ Ferguson's pictures show he dressed in a gray frock coat that was military style. Not many of the Tennessee partisans left pictures that I'm aware of.

 

[Billy_Mojo]

I'd have to agree with TerryB. I'm the least of what you'd consider an expert, but in the Western Theater and Trans-Mississippi; in general the partisans could be similar in appearance and for impression ideas you could look to the partisans of the same time in Missouri.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I can't speak for the Tennessee Partisan Ranger units, but I would expect it varied.

One of my ancestors (in a Partisan Ranger Unit) was photographed in uniform at Camp Moore, Louisiana during 1862.

Private John W. Magee
3rd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Wingfield's) Co. K
Predecessor unit: 9th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers
Expired Image Removed
This image was taken while his unit was designated as the 9th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers .
The color of his jacket remains elusive.

Opinions range from dark gray, black, or blue.

Images exist for other members of this company wearing similar jackets, but the hue of those images seem to suggest medium gray.

Great question !

Let us know what you find out about the TN Partisan Rangers.

 

[12th Missouri Yankee]

Great image too 7th Mississippi, that knife looks like a formidable weapon!

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Great image too 7th Mississippi, that knife looks like a formidable weapon!

Thanks.

That knife has also been an interesting topic among the few of us in our family that are history geeks.

At first I thought it was a photographer's studio prop, but after viewing the other images of the troopers in Co. K, I've changed my mind. None of the guys (that I've seen) were photographed with the usual . . . over the top . . . Bowie knives, multiple revolvers, ect.

 

[Klaudly]

I can't speak for the Tennessee Partisan Ranger units, but I would expect it varied.

One of my ancestors ( in a Partisan Ranger Unit) was photographed in uniform at Camp Moore, Louisiana during 1862.

Private John W. Magee
3rd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Wingfield's) Co. K
Predecessor unit: 9th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers
Expired Image Removed
This image was taken while his unit was designated as the 9th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers .
The color of his jacket remains elusive.

Opinions range from dark gray, black, or blue.

Images exist for other members of this company wearing similar jackets, but the hue of those images seem to suggest medium gray.

Great question !

Let us know what you find out about the TN Partisan Rangers.

Many louisianians, at the beginning of the war, was wearing blue jacket, but in 1862 when the 9th was formed I think most probably wore the gray.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Many louisianians, at the beginning of the war, was wearing blue jacket, but in 1862 when the 9th was formed I think most probably wore the gray.

I agree.

Originally, this jacket was probably a shade of dark gray.

The image that I posted was not an original. It had been photocopied many times over the years before it was published in a pre digital era family history. (During the old days for each "photo copy" made, the image became progressively darker and more blurry)

Hopefully, I can one day track down the original image.