![]() ![]() ![]() It is a very plain but serviceable garb". ![]() His accoutrements are complete and worn as issued. His coat is either a frockcoat or a fatigue blouse, but it covers only a shirt and not a vest. He wears an unadorned issue-type forage cap. Katcher's conclusions were: "Based on the photographs studied, we can describe the "typical" infantryman of the Army of the Potomac from 1863 to 1865. (NO INSIGNIA AT ALL!) Insignia was worn by only 19.3% and of that, only 18.2% wore corps badges. Of a total of 156 enlisted men Katcher examined, 93 men were photographed in such a way that their headgear could be clearly seen. His sources were: Military Images, Divided We Fought, The Photographic History of the Civil War, They Who Fought Here, and Hunt & Embleton's The American Civil War. In Philip Katcher's article in the September-October (1984) issue of Military Images, he studied photos of Eastern soldiers with six or more field soldiers in each image. What did the common Union Infantryman look like? One would expect to find the most insignia on the "Band Box” Army of the Potomac. If the kepi or forage cap has a corps badge, a company letter, a regimental number, and a brass bugle, it is surely a Reenactor. If the man is wearing a brass bugle on his kepi or forage cap, chances are that it is a photo of a Reenactor. How? The answer is easy: look at the hat. ![]() When a person looks at a photo of a Civil War soldier, somehow they can always tell if he is a real 19 th century soldier or a Reenactor. (Originally Published in the Camp Chase Gazette March, 1991) Welcome to The Perryville Civil War Battlefield Website ![]()
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