Confederate Jacket Link to jacket pictures. 1) Plain grey wool shell jacket. Good basic choice 2) Jean wool, grey or tan shell jacket 3) Frock coat,civilian or military *Note-These can be extra hot on warm days! Here is an example of an early war trooper.Note militia jacket and DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. In contrast to the picture above, you will note he has NO revolvers.Also of note is his sling for the shotgun. Trowsers 1. Federal sky blue, either mounted or infantry *Note- The reason we suggest these as your first trowser purchase is this,you can use them both Confederate and Union. 2. Confedrate issue NON MOUNTED pattern, There were very few if any mounted pattern trousers ever issued by the CSA 3.Period civilian patterns in a period color.
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