Uniform changes

[observator]

Civil and Post civil War

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/2429/SSHT-0030_Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2

 

[observator]

even in 1875 US Cavalry officers out west had a varity of Uniforms

File:Hunting and camping party of Custer (standing in center) and invited guests. Fort A. Lincoln on the Little Heart River, - NARA - 530885.tif - Wikimedia Commons

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[RedRover]

even in 1875 US Cavalry officers out west had a varity of Uniforms

File:Hunting and camping party of Custer (standing in center) and invited guests. Fort A. Lincoln on the Little Heart River, - NARA - 530885.tif - Wikimedia Commons

commons.wikimedia.org

I recall reading that by 1876, in the field, the officers of the 7th Cavalry generally wore blue shirts, with collars variously embroidered. the soldier's also largely dressed as they pleased, in a mix of their fatigue dress etc.

Here's the customary image of the US Cavalryman in those campaigns, based on the old Hollywood movies.

But the descriptions of 1876 imply the average trooper just wore the G.I. issue GRAY flannel undershirt, or any kind of shirts, etc.; the trousers frequently heavily reinforced in the inseam with canvas for hard wear on campaign, and the 1870s campaign hat was black... Also looped canvas cartridge belts were generally employed in the field instead of the regular leather accoutrements.

troops of Crook's column, 1876.

 

[observator]

horsemeat march

Soldiers fighting over horse meat. / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, D.T.

quod.lib.umich.edu

https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1497&context=studentwork

"Gen. Crook's headquarters in the field at Whitewood [Dak. Terr.]. On starvation march 1876." Closeup of a camp scene shows tents improvised from wagon frames during the Black Hills expedition

www.docsteach.org

Little Bighorn battlfield 1879

Dust To Dust

Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield -- the story of the burials of Custer's dead after the Battle of the Little Bighorn

www.friendslittlebighorn.com

 

[7thWisconsin]

Well, realistically, they´re in the middle of nowhere - virtually the only people around who weren´t Native Americans. Who was going to mistake them for anything but soldiers?

 

[major bill]

This is one of the very best books for post Civil War uniform changes.

 

[major bill]

Another very good book. Heavy on equipment and weapons.