| NY Irish | 26 Jul 2015 3:42 p.m. PST |
Anyone know of a unit like this? Dark blue like a Federal unit. Thanks for any help. |
| Doc Ord | 26 Jul 2015 4:34 p.m. PST |
There was dark blue gray which could look blue. |
| Zargon | 26 Jul 2015 5:11 p.m. PST |
Every time they won, which was often:) actually from my understanding Sham a lot of earlier war Confederate units did indeed use dark blue kepies, if you need specifics I will look up for you (Bull Run article I have in my ACW scrap book) of course as the war carried on this uniformity was not maintained.
Cheers hope this helps. |
| Wolverine | 26 Jul 2015 5:14 p.m. PST |
What brings this question up? There are several possible answers. Have you come across a reference to a particular CSA unit that supposedly wore blue kepis? |
| NY Irish | 26 Jul 2015 5:35 p.m. PST |
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| Onomarchos | 26 Jul 2015 6:19 p.m. PST |
link I think that the official uniform of the CSA Marine Corps had dark blue kepis. Mark |
 StoneMtnMinis  | 26 Jul 2015 7:08 p.m. PST |
According to Haythornthwaite: Sussex Light Dragoons
15th Virginia Infantry
Co A, 5th Georgia Dave |
| Oddball | 26 Jul 2015 7:31 p.m. PST |
The Confederate Navy used dark blue caps for enlisted men. Can I still type "Confederate" or has that been ruled a "hate speech" word? |
| Greylegion | 26 Jul 2015 8:09 p.m. PST |
I think you're still good Oddball. (This week) |
| LtJBSz | 26 Jul 2015 10:24 p.m. PST |
I think the official CSA uniform called for a yellow kepi for the cavalry, red kepi for the artillery and a lt blue kepi for the infantry. |
| John the Greater | 27 Jul 2015 7:13 a.m. PST |
According to Haythornthwaite There's your problem right there. LtJBsz has part of your answer, though the number of units in the regulation uniform should be small. Otherwise I would go with cadet gray or gray with a blue band. |
| Frederick | 27 Jul 2015 8:01 a.m. PST |
The coats and caps produced in Richmond in 1864 used a very dark grey wool which often looked dark blue Plus as noted there were a few units who had dark blue kepis The official regs were as noted – grey kepis with light blue bands for infantry, red for gunners and yellow for cavalry – except for some of the gunners, not often seen |
| NY Irish | 27 Jul 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
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| HammerHead | 27 Jul 2015 9:59 a.m. PST |
The only unit I can think of was the VMI cadets that had a dark blue forage cap rather than a kepi. they fought at New Market in them |
| Wizard Whateley | 27 Jul 2015 2:17 p.m. PST |
I was just going to mention VMI cadets. |
| NY Irish | 27 Jul 2015 6:22 p.m. PST |
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| HammerHead | 28 Jul 2015 10:08 a.m. PST |
….also if you search in the tmp discussion section `Cadets in the fray` it has very fine information on the unit, battle and flag. |
| Private Matter | 05 Aug 2015 1:31 p.m. PST |
Just a note; not all CS Marines wore dark blue Kepis. There is a CS Marine kepi that has a blue band and blue top on a grey kepi. Having said that, there is not enough evidence to go either way on CS Marines so you could do either. |
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