The latest episode of Civil War Digital Digest provides an overview of the uniforms and equipment fielded by the 1st and 2nd United States Sharpshooters from 1861-1865.

Unfortunately for us USSS uniform geeks, Brian White hasn’t gotten around to recreating the gray Seamless Clothing Co. overcoat (Brian provided patent/illustrations to “Dirty Billy” Wickham, who created a limited run of the “Whipple Cap”). I’m disappointed in the selection of the fatigue blouse used for the “Gettysburg” impression. The “electric blue” color wouldn’t have been accepted per QM regulations.

Here is the description for this week’s episode: It is time for the next installment of Arms & Uniforms, a series where a specific unit from the Civil War is explored in detail and changed over the course of the war. Join Andrew Roscoe as he takes you through the history of Berdan’s Sharpshooters. Looking at what was promised versus reality at the beginning go the war to how they wrapped up their service toward the end.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOlvIh9BM0c

Bill Skillman
Michigan Companies
Berdan Sharpshooters Survivors Association