This is a soldier's uniform from the American Civil War
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Personally I think the stache is the best part of this rendition tbh.
agree
Not a cosplay, impression. Coming from a Acw reenactor
Reenactment is a bit more than cosplay but ehh
@@issintf925I mean it is the basis for both cosplay and larping really because reenacting was a thing pretty much since there was war the Colosseum held reenactments of battles though those men actually died
Ostrich feathers are hard to live up to, better go to town on the facial hair. I myself would think of rocking more of a early Joe Dirt look.
War drip is insane.
Dont dare use this disgusting meaningless modern slang for war content
@@archmagosdominusbelisarius8836you haveth no rizz dear sir
@archmagosdominusbelisarius8836 no, that is quite an uncouth outburst young man, the drip displayed here is indeed immaculate.
@@archmagosdominusbelisarius8836cry harder grandpa
@archmagosdominusbelisarius8836 My my sir! That is no way to respond to another refined gentleman commenting on another's immaculate drip.
Love how militaries in the 18th century decided "armor don't stop bullets, then let us die in drip" until kakhi and camo came along in WW1
When the fire rates improved the drip died. All of a sudden you had to hide from the bullets more than mass against cavalry
Having sharply dressed militaries showed that you could afford to outfit them well, and helped instill pride in identity. In addition, it comes from the whole “soldiers are gentlemen” ideals. Modern suits are inspired by military uniforms.
We could still have drip. Every military could. It's that nobody wants to come off as a dictatorial empire and shiny gold soldiers gives a certain look. It's why 40k is soooooo sick
Soldiers are not gentlemen. Soldiers are corpses.
@@badart3204Believe it or not, it was actually more about ease of creation/access. When logistical lines felt the shock of industrialized warfare in the Second Boer War for the first time ever they realized they didn't have nearly enough uniforms to replace what was needed as casualty rates soared.
So it was decided a very simple uniform was needed, one that could both be created cheaply and quickly, as well as be repurposed from "spare materials" easily. Spare materials being, of course, the uniforms pulled from dead bodies.
For the men of the Army of the Potomac, they would have presumed this man was a part of one of the heavy artillery regiments. His pristine uniform and white gloves would have given him away as a fairly fresh, green soldier from a fresh, green regiment in combat.
Many of the Heavy Artillery Regiments would often be called “white glove” regiments specifically because they wore those white, parade gloves; an item that was often discarded or never used by the regular soldiers of the Army of the Potomac.
Good gloves would be needed handling artillery, but how did they keep them white?
@@AnalystPrime Soldiers from Heavy Artillery Regiments that had not seen much action, such as those garrisoning DC, were sent to the Army of the Potomac to serve as infantry in 1864. The more seasoned infantrymen, who had spent a lot of time on the road by that point, had long since discarded any equipment they considered unnecessary to save weight. Such as extra pairs of parade gloves.
He's in a "dress uniform," not a field uniform. He is definitely infantry, not an artilleryman.
@@tickles5289not dress uniform, aside from the gloves. This was the intended uniform for combat for the regulars
@niono1587 I don't believe you're correct due to the epaulets and the infantry blue piping and high collar.
Also, the forage cap was standard for enlisted in the field with few exceptions.
He looks so happy to tell other people who are interested in history what he does 😊
That's because he has a TH-cam channel where he collects military uniforms. He has a bunch from different countries end time periods
@@Svea_LifeGuards thanks for telling us his TH-cam channel
@@badcornflakes6374 the name of his channel is called ottoman reenactor
Anyone from that war would tell you a totally different story.
Sad how we forget all the pain to n that war ....
@@YcuTubeLiesTooYouYou could say that about every war. Reenacting it keeps the memories alive and is a good reminder of history. Nobody is trying to downplay what happened, quite the opposite.
It's interesting he has a foreign accent as a civil war soldier. I image there were a lot of different accents in the war since there were so many new comers at the time.
I remember visiting the USS Cario in Vicksburg I read that orders on the boat had to be translated 5 or more times to communicate to everyone on board.
@@TotallyLegitmanI grew up in Vicksburg. The Cairo is very cool. The military park as a whole is a hidden gem.
@@Smos233 this was filmed in the UK, and the individual is likely either a 1st genration migrant or ancestor off. So he is not an actual American.
@@harryb8945He seems American enough to me🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@harryb8945I think they meant that it reminded them of the fact that actual civil war soldiers would have all sorts of accents due to the massive wave of immigration from all over Europe at the time, very commonly men stepped off the immigration boat and were immediately recruited into the union army. So it’s actually quite possible that there may have been English born soldiers taking part in the conflict. There were TONS of Irishmen recruited straight off the docks so I’d imagine a few Englishmen might’ve squeezed in there.
“It is indeed quite warm” 😂 why did that get me
i mean... it is indeed warm
He looks like a soldier of the iron brigade, basically some of the best troops the Union could field. Go look em up, they have a cool history. They earned that name.
I always thought it would be cool to see what would've happened had the Iron Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade faced off. That would've been a fight to the last man.
Alot of very good units on both sides and both theatres. Slightly better odds of being in the 2nd WIS VIR (though would have been equipped like most VIR regiments outside the Hardee hats.(sans ostrich feather)). The Iron Brigades were also known as the 'Black Hats' versus 2nd US Infantry which by 1863 was down to about 100 soldiers and consolidated into a single company.
@@CamdenIrwinthe 19th Indiana would hold the field🌽🌽🌽🌽
@@phinehasjacob9122 The 19th and Hood's boys proved that pitting Texans and Indiana men is a deadly combo. Brave men.
@@almorrow9345 I don't believe there would be any survivors to tell the tale. This is one of those "An unstoppable force meets an unmovable object" sort of scenarios. I have been thinking about how an American expeditionary force composed of the vets of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia crusading through Europe. They would've made the Grand Armee' look like schoolboys.
The insignia of the US Army infantry was the hunter's horn. Years later, it was replaced by the crossed muskets since European light infantry used the horn as their insignia. The US Army thought of the hunting horn as too European.
Heavy infantry in some European Armies used the flaming grenade as insignia. Only the tallest with long arms that could throw a heavy grenade were recruited into grenadier units.
Actually it seems the Army likely changed it in 1875 for the sake of change, but also In part to match the crossed sabers and cannons for cavalry and artillery respectively.
In fact, far from drifting away from European styles, the uniforms of the Army in the years following the Civil War actually took on more European influence, particularly the prussian style.
The reasoning posed at one time for the crossed rifles insignia was to help resolve the issue of where to put your Regimental Number and Company Letter on in relation to the cap insignia.
Some veterans at the time often groused at this change to the insignia though, from horn to crossed rifles, with one wag actually saying,, perhaps with an eye toward such changes being imposed on other branches of the army, "...let's give the engineers crossed quills, nibs upward, or if they prefer, a pick and a spade. For what do they have to do with castles unless they are in the air?"
The major reason for nations of the Americans to copy fashionable Prussian style was the outcome of the Franco Prussian War. Everybody wants to look like a winner.
Wearing a loose copy of the pickelhaube was not practical with parade dress on the frontier.
“Grenade fired proper”
Not 'Heavy infantry'. "Grenadiers" is the term you are searching for.
@@joeavent5554 that would have a chance of being correct. Though your argument is incredibly flawed. The American civil (of which time period this uniform is showing) happened 9 years BEFORE the Franco Prussian war.
The change had (I believe) more to do with the Crimean War as the soldiers of the European armies (who were still wearing patterns of clothing designed from before the Peninsular War) were incredibly disadvantaged by how uncomfortable their uniforms were, and so they changed the standard to the tunic as it was far more comfortable (and cheaper to make than the ornamented coats).
The U. S. A. was obviously keen to keep up with any military advances and, so, they also adopted the tunic instead of the old coat design for the same reason.
Seems to be channeling Matthew Broderick in ‘Glory’ 😂.
Getting that too.
He’s obviously not American BUT the way he says “musket” with a New England standard American accent is very on point.
I was really happy to see folks in the UK doing American Civil War reenactment. There's a group I talked to that portrays my 3rd great grandpa's unit the Bucktail Brigade. It really means a lot to me seeing them keep his and his units memory alive.
"Bucktail Brigade" That's a kick ass name for a unit.
We love history, no matter where it’s from
@AnakinSkywakka oh yeah I even got his uniform bucktail and all. You should read the Bucktail Brother books it's historical fiction but they're really good.
'Family' history, isn't it?
This content is gold!
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Me clicking customization in War of Rights:
Thought I was the only one lol
I just looked at the game on steam and I'm quite interested in it. Do you reccomend it?
@@ominösersüddeutscher if you enjoy linear warfare, charges, firing one shot at a time, racism, then I absolutely recommend it. If you’re used to COD or games like that, you may find it a little slow paced for your taste. Me personally I enjoy it because of the historical battles and proximity chat😂😂😂
There are actually some units of US regulars in War of Rights, ones which fought at Antietam.
@@josephmagana6235 agreed, that's one of the many reasons to enjoy its historical accuracy
Imagine wearing this woolen uniform on a 10-15 mile forced march, in July, with full kit and a 9lb rifled musket. Those men were made of some pretty hard bark.
@@casualobserver3145 From what I've read, the southerners were able to make their uniforms breathe better. And considering that the war was mostly in the south, that must've been hell for the union soldiers. That coupled with the fact that they weren't used to the climate.
The regulars, being regular soldiers and not "volunteers", were also subject to stricter discipline.
@@josephmagana6235 The regulars were fewer in number, with some units even shrinking because volunteer service was less restrictive and afforded one faster promotions, at least during the war.
I've done it, a secret is the underwear of the time, it's amazingly breathable. There's also acclimation to that clothing, it's quite a different experience.
I haven't seen firsthand accounts of what the soldiers actually wore during Mr Lincoln's War, but I did come across an account from an officer who visited a camp outside Charleston, SC during the final days of the American Revolution and discovered that the soldiers were wearing only loincloths.
Which is to say, don't presume that the soldiers actually wore everything they were given and told to wear.
I love this channel man
This is a Regular Army attire. The state volunteers or militia would be wearing a forage cap.
That's what he said, yes.
Isn't that what he said?
And some state regiments wore the Hardee hat, like Wisconsin's Iron Brigade
@@SoloFalcon1138 The Iron Brigade isn't exclusively Wisconsinite, there's also Michiganers and Indianians (Although, thank you for the information)
@@ThymariVanRaalte
Yep. The Iron Brigade was definitely known for that.
Just like Berdan's Sharpshooters (1st US Sharpshooters,) were known for green uniforms, and target rifles or 1859 Sharps that had a hair trigger.
There were companies within that regiment from different states, like one was from MN.
so did the Regulars. The frock coats, scales, and Hardee hats got put into storage in what is now the Cororan Gallery in DC after 1st Bull Run.
That uniform and rifle are awesome!
Now that’s a handsome soldier, I’d let his ghost haunt me.
Madam, behave yourself.
Ah, how inappropriate! Will you stifle yourself?
🤢🤮
As a bi dude, i want a piece of him too
What
I like how proud he looked of his impression. Seems like a cool guy
Nice it’s the ottoman reenactor one of the best people for uniforms on TH-cam in my opinion
Oh, I knew I recognized him!
I did civil war re-enacting for 7 years !
Hot nurse?
@@chrismunoz7859
Camp follower ?
@@richardlincoln8438 lol I had a lamp with etched glass in it that said "soiled dove" Lol
@chrismunoz7859 no,
These reenactments sound like they'd be fun to participate in.
Makes me proud to know my ancestors fought and died for this country in some of the finest drip of their era.
Crazy how at least 5 different comments are claiming he’s five different types of soldier
Fellow civil war Reenactor here love the uniform! Idk if you were also at the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg but man that was the coolest reenactment I’ve been to yet
I remember Reenacting there too at the 160th Gettysburg it was an amazing event I was in Gray that event I loved it
Very cool, thank you!
Love his accent, sounds like a blend of several different ones😊
That would be any American accent though right?
@@secularZoono
He is Turkish
He’s a Turkish man who lives in the UK
@@odrswell Yh pahaga
Amazed to see someone from abroad interested in my history. Thank you.
I cannot believe they revived this guy to show off his uniform.
I'm not American, but that fit is so cool
So is he
He has a glorious mustache.
A glorious stache is essential for victory! How else do you inspire confidence in the troops of the 1860's?
“And clipped on my jacket I have a røde….”
Hey, he said it's the *late* war. The tech advanced quickly.
@@jaex9617 fair enough it does feel like that sometimes huh lol
@@jaex9617 What tech are we talking about
Great kit; I didn’t realize how big the American civil war reenacting was in Europe
That port arms was CLEAN!!!
Excellent mate 👌
Much love to the camera man for travelling back in time to interview this fine gentleman.
"Misses him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog"
Like a true American!
We got that civil war Union drip 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️
If you took a photo of this man on an old camera from the 1800s, I would be convinced he fought in the civil war.
INSANE drip!! Looks fun!
Wow absolutely gorgeous the man and the history!!
Very nice! I love that you love history this much! Looks great! ❤️
It’s funny that the Aussies have always claimed the hat with one side up as their own! The confederates did this often. Back in the 70’s there was a flap about “rat patrol” and the main characters hat
That is a great mustache!
Its always nice to see people acknowledge the regular qrmy its easy to forget they were their due the large numbers of state infantry regiments. I know a fair number of them served out west under Rosecrans and thomas but a few did see eastern theater service in the Potomac
Infantry leads the way. You are my progenitor! Hurah!
I Thank these people going back in time to talk to him
Excellent, he is even wearing a leather neck stock. I'm sure later on the soldiers had lost this item. 👍😌
Most soldiers in the whole war would not have used them, I encourage you to find a picture of one. It's the mark of a professional soldier I guess who would've wanted to wear one. Not issued at all in the US army.
The neck stock was an item of issue for the US Army, before the war but fell out of use shortly after. I guess for want of leather. I would have to further research this. 😌
@@josephgonzales4802 Perhaps. I assume the volunteers as a reason, which have many notable differences from the tiny Regular Army. From what I know though neck stocks were not even all too common in the Mexican War and by the 1860s were hardly used. Makes two of us though.
@@SStupendous
Yes, I agree. I don't believe the Volunteers were issued this item. 😌
The 2nd US Regulars saw heavy combat during the war. It started at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. For awhile the regiment was broken up, its companies scattered at different posts in the West.
Eventually they would be united and fight in the East, including 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
The 2nd continued to serve through the Overland Campaign of 1864 all the way up to the Battle of Peeble's Farm in October 1864. After this, the regiment was sent to garrison duty in Kentucky and spent the rest of the war there.
You gotta give our ancestors credit, they knew how to dress well. That uniform is sharp, well tailored and looks fantastic.
People really knew how to dress sexy back then.
I mean seriously, these uniforms kick ass. Even the bad guys had a good uniform.
Does the mustache come with it?
This looks really cool
the price of wool went way UP during the war. Trees were cut down all over New England to have SHEEP. But, after the war, sheep were not needed for ALL the uniforms. Today much of New England is heavily wooded again.
God I love old American uniforms
He looks like he's in the Iron Brigade
The hat is 100% iron bridge, I don’t know about the rest of the uniform.
Just the Hardee hat
I have been looking forward to this
I was going to say, that is in NO WAY a U.S. Civil War soldier's uniform. Then I heard him say "Regular Army" and I was like OHHHH RIGHT
On top of that it's not the same uniform you'd have in battle... this is a dress uniform.
Superb wear of The Greatest Army in the world ❤
Stuck a feather in his cap
Hats off to you!
ah the civil war, the war where one side wore blue and the other side wore the color blue looks like when its dirty
@@theduke7539 The early part of the war is interesting because you had units wearing green, red, yellow, orange ect. Union regiments wore grey, Confederate regiments wore blue. That coupled with the overwhelming smoke must've made it a clusterfuck. Those distinctive battle flags helped but damn.
@@CamdenIrwin Thing is, that had almost all gone by 1862. Even most Zouaves mainly just wore sack coats with their hats being the only thing separating them from regular troops.
Outstanding!
After they lost in 1866 the Austrians abandoned the white coats & coincidentally adopted the same colours, dark blue coats and sky blue trousers
The French had been using the same design just with red trousers and the Japanese army use the same style of uniform with sky blue trousers all the way up until the 1880s the Norwegians used a simplified midnight Blue version of the uniform all the way up until 1890 basically that uniform style didn't come from the US it came from France and it was ripped off by everyone Chile used it as well until 1890
@@Svea_LifeGuards - Hungarians and Croats traditionally wore coloured trousers which was standardised to light blue by the Napoleonic wars and then extended to the whole army after '66. 'German' regiments (any regiment not raised in the Kingdom of Hungary, which could include Czechs, Poles, Italians, Flemings and Walloons) wore white trousers from the 18thC until 1866.
Meanwhile, the Prussian uniform is not a whole lot different in the 1860s as in the 1910s with the German army. Well made either way
@@FlyxPat the hell dude. You have no idea what you wrighting about. Blue trouser get into Austrian army in 1830's. White uniforms were not used in field post 1859. In 1866 Austrians wore in field gray coats. Austrian army post 1866 would get a influence from Prussia and later German army.
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I wear a hardy hat too when on our cannon team. I noticed the attitude that hat imparts. It makes me know that Custer who also wore that hat, definitely did have it coming!😂😂😂
❤ What does the 2 in the horn mean?
Regiment or company or brigade.
He calls it (I think) a corp badge, so I would assume it means he is part of the 2nd Corp of the particular army he is part of.
@@charliebasar9068 I would never pin a corpse to my uniform.
@kkupsky6321 I misspelled it, what I meant to say was Corps, a unit organization between the army and division level.
@@charliebasar9068 I know. I was just being a wise ass. Imagine tho. That’d be heavy to walk with hahaha
looks like the Iron Brigade uniform
This man is well dressed. Holy shit.
Btw, the wool clothing was murderous for both the union and the southern traitors. The humidity in the Deep South USA is dangerous.
Lol, now that's hilarious and stupid.
Wool was used for it's durability and moisture-resistance, but it's really hard to imagine any other upsides...
Yoooo bro created the camera just to show his drip
Fun fact - there were numerous "ethnic" regiments during the Civil War - especially Irish and German - who would have spoken with a "foreign" accent, if not a different language.
Surprised your reproduction musket is smoothbore. My Enfield reproduction has a rifled barrel.
He's not in the United States, and they can't have rifled fire arms per their laws (I'm pretty sure he's in the UK somewhere.)
@@danielserene4532 Correct. those of us who re-enact in the UK usually have smoothbores. It is not true that you cannot own rifles though.
"Regardless of who wins, our drip is impeccable."
Fuck camouflage, we die in drip
Nobody died wearing a uniform like this. You'd wear a much plainer uniform in battle, this is a dress uniform.
The kindest soldier in the battlefield:
Bro looks more Italian than American lol
The Americans were inspired by alot of European armies
Mostly French , but there were that were inspried by Italian revolutionaries
Very nice sir. Well done
I found an 1855 Springfield saber bayonet in a field in Sharpsburg Maryland. It was found within eye view of where Lincoln and McClellan were pictured together.
what stands out the most is his clean mustache
Reminds me of the USMC uniform
my great great great grandfather was in the civil war we still have his enlistment papers and his sword used in battle. there's two little chunks taken out of the blade and some dried blood that almost looks like rust
The civil war drip check goes so hard
This guy looks sharp!
I really like these old style uniform
Awesome. Love to see it.
Fun fact: Union Cavalry and Artillery units pinned the brim of the Hardee hat on the opposite side of the infantry. His is pinned on his left while Cav n Artillery units pinned on their right. Makes sense with cavalry for saber use or throwing a rope line off a horse. While it also makes sense for infantry to give shade to that side of face and rifle while "aiming". While not the real reasons for the pinned differences, those are probably welcomed side effects.
It’s drip or drown, and brother I’m floating.
I have a soft spot for the Hardee Hat just because it looks so good.
Should have bring it back.
The Iron Bridage was the best elites soilder for the Union army.
That is a awesome moustache
Just absolutely top-notch.
It's History Boy
Lookin sharp
Love how he peremptively answered the (are you hot in all that) question.
Handlebar mustaches rule!
Beautiful video, you are giving us good information about US history 👍👍
Splendid!
Looks like a recruit for Fred Karno's Army.
He's got the John Wilkes Booth mustache.
Varied a bit with unit. I used to re-enact the 6th US Infantry, and the original regiment had placed all their frock coats and Hardie Hats in the Army warehouse in New York before taking the field.
I’ve known this guy and his channel for so many years. He pops up everywhere always in something new.
Felt like an audition for a part in a Wes Anderson movie
*British children flexing how clean their uniforms are after playing dodgeball*
You got it going soldier!