79th New York Highlanders Reg.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

This dashing young man is a good example of "The look"


-pre/early war 79th jacket
-Military set Cameron of Erracht modern tartan
-McClellan Kepi with insignia (the 79th was gilted in reverse as the original image was reversed. Set back to be seen correctly, the gilted 79 is now backwards)
-narrow 1 1/2" wide m1839 belt. (Buckle has been colored over )
-Shield pattern Cap pouch
-colored ! The cording of the jacket is easy to see with the tint. The ring around the cuff, the pocket watch pocket, edge trim, cuff and collar. Even the tartan is a little green :]

Thats my shameless 79th history plug for today. Sorry for the late response, I have been out of town for a funeral.

So why is the small "7" on the kepi facing the right way, and why does the soldier's jacket button to the right? Is it possible, given the anomalies seen that the "reversed 79" is actually something else? Perhaps a "P F"?

Just curious....

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So why is the small "7" on the kepi facing the right way, and why does the soldier's jacket button to the right? Is it possible, given the anomalies seen that the "reversed 79" is actually something else? Perhaps a "P F"?

Just curious....

The 7 on the kepi above the 79 is facing the right way because its being viewed as if we are looking at the soldier as hes getting his image taken.

Here is the image as it appears without being altered:



The original 79 insignia on the kepi was painted over (As it would be backwards) so it can be read. The "7" was not painted over maybe because it would have been too sloppy. The 7 is a company number. Using numbers instead of letters was common and even used in the military manuals of that era.

The buttons of the jackets are on the right breast panel, and the button holes are on the left breast panel.

Here is an original pre/war time 79th jacket:

(Photo taken at the Gettysburg Museum by Aaron Clark. aclark79@yahoo.com)






Here is another picture taken in the same manor as the private.



This is an interesting photograph. The person coloring over things seems to have taken quite a bit of liberty. The sash and epaulettes were painted on completely as he is not wearing any. The color of the chevrons is wrong as the 79th were light blue for Infantry.
The collar was painted over without attention to it but the detail can still be seen. The trim of the jacket and piping of the cuffs have been left alone. The kepis insignia seems to be a "4" and "79"

He is wearing federal dark blue pants. The uniform hes wear without the gilt is the Bull Run campaign uniform. 79th Jacket, Dark blue pants, McClellen Kepi, m39 belt. Sometimes the coloring of an image is great, but this one breaks my heart.