| spydr1222 | 03 Aug 2023 2:48 p.m. PST |
what type of horse blanket ,, i have seen 3 tyupe's?? |
 Saber6   | 03 Aug 2023 4:56 p.m. PST |
My guess is that no one knows for sure, pick one and if someone complains, have them provide the data |
| 79thPA | 03 Aug 2023 6:11 p.m. PST |
The Horse Soldiers vol I by Randy Steffen states blue saddle cloths. He also shows illustrations of a saddle blanket being used instead of a saddle cloth, but he does not state a color. He did find a government contract for horse equipment and a blanket was not mentioned at all. Blanket color would probably vary by contractor. Anything from grey to blue is probably acceptable. |
| Hitman | 03 Aug 2023 9:20 p.m. PST |
Check out Rene Chartrand's book entitled: Uniforms and Equipment of the United States Forces in the War of 1812. It is an excellent resource and the one I used to paint my US Dragoon units.
Regards
Hitman
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| 79thPA | 04 Aug 2023 4:09 a.m. PST |
so, what color did you paint your horse blankets? |
| skedaddle | 04 Aug 2023 7:12 a.m. PST |
Try this link: link
About 2/3 of the way down the page is a plate for US dragoons. The blanket is a dark blue with a silver trim line. |
| Brechtel198 | 04 Aug 2023 8:29 a.m. PST |
Imrie/Risley has their US dragoon with a blue shabraque. Their research was excellent. link Volume II of Military Uniforms in America: Years of Growth, 1796-1851, edited by John Elting shows an American light dragoon officer of the 2d Regiment (1812-1814) with a dark blue shabraque, the same color as the uniform. The plate is on page 43 and is by H Charles McBarron, the noted American military artist. |
| 79thPA | 04 Aug 2023 10:39 a.m. PST |
Which raises the question as to whether the OP means shabraque or horse blanket. The shabraque/saddle cloth is well documented. The horse blanket, not so much. |
| Brechtel198 | 04 Aug 2023 12:10 p.m. PST |
Since the shabraque would necessarily cover the horse blanket the point is moot. |
| 79thPA | 04 Aug 2023 2:54 p.m. PST |
No, it is not. The horse blanket can be used in place of the shabraque for field service. |
| Brechtel198 | 04 Aug 2023 3:01 p.m. PST |
Wasn't the horse blanket used under the saddle for the comfort of the horse? |
| 79thPA | 04 Aug 2023 6:30 p.m. PST |
Sure It goes over the horse, and the saddle goes on top of it. The saddle does not completely cover it. The saddle blanket in 1833 was 6 feet x 5 feet. |
| Brechtel198 | 05 Aug 2023 6:00 a.m. PST |
And over the saddle blanket, if it was available, went the shabraque. |
| 79thPA | 05 Aug 2023 6:42 a.m. PST |
No one is arguing that. This back and forth is about your refusal to acknowledge that dragoons could deploy to the field without the shabraque. What am I missing from your train of though? |
| Brechtel198 | 05 Aug 2023 7:57 p.m. PST |
I never said or intimated that idea. |
