"Regiments in buff and haversacks" Topic
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| Jagger2008 | 28 Oct 2009 10:02 p.m. PST |
The 68 warrant states that regiments with buff waistcoats should have buff accoutrements. Would buff accoutrements include buff haversacks? I am guessing not but wanted to doublecheck. |
| GiloUK | 29 Oct 2009 2:33 a.m. PST |
I would have thought that you could paint the flap on the back of the haversack in a buff colour. Or paint is brown with the number of the regiment in a buff circle. |
| 95thRegt | 29 Oct 2009 3:12 a.m. PST |
A haversack was a haversack! It was made out of undyed linen,almost a grey color. And the more it got used the more dirty it got because that is where the soldier kept his rations. NOT white,as so many people paint it. I'm an AWI reenactor,and have a reproduction of a British haversack that I made. It is a very light grey/brown at this point. Bob |
| historygamer | 29 Oct 2009 10:58 a.m. PST |
95th is right on target. And, as documents have shown, not all "buff" regiments actually wore buff leather gear or small clothes. Like all else in life, there are no absolute rules. Look at the 62nd's webpage for more on this – a buff faced unit with white leather and small clothes. |
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