"Union Green Uniform Question" Topic

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gamertom	25 Oct 2014 9:16 p.m. PST
I recall a discussion of an Union regiment being given excess Berdan Sharpshooter green uniforms. However I have searched the TMP message boards with no luck (I even tried a Google search on the TMP site). Since I can't find it, I'll ask the question – were any Union regiments (that weren't the 1st USS or 2nd USS) dressed in surplus Berdan Sharpshooter green uniforms?
vaughan	26 Oct 2014 4:58 a.m. PST
The 203rd PA were raised as sharpshooters and issued green uniforms accordingly; although didn't apparently act as such.
FireZouave	26 Oct 2014 9:16 a.m. PST
There is a painting in Don Troiani's book of them and a little bit of their history.
ColCampbell	26 Oct 2014 5:38 p.m. PST
Here's a number of sites concerning the 203rd Penn. from Bing: link Jim
gamertom	26 Oct 2014 9:04 p.m. PST
Thank you all for the info. One of the Bing links ColCampbell provided is the TMP discussion I vaguely recalled – was in 2011. I was remounting some 15 mm Union figures I had bought eons ago and one was labelled the 2nd USSS. I already have a Berdan Sharpshooter's unit and was trying to recall if there was any other unit I could label it as rather than the 1st USSS. That's when I started looking. Obviously my search terms weren't quite right.

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