Glengarry's of old?

[79thReproductions]

Here are some more pictures from the recent Hendershott catalog. Richard, this is the dicing is in the arrangement you mentioned and did for your glengarry..... I stand corrected! This is the first original I have seen with the Blue, Red, White.

Its marked to Alexander Campbell, famous from "Him on the One Side and Me on the Other' : The Civil War Letters of Alexander Campbell, 79th New York Infantry Regiment, and James Campbell, 1st South Carolina Battalion"
Written by Terry Johnston.










This is like the glengarries thought to be from 1864. The tells are:

Profile: They have a more drastic curve.

Height: The front is shorter then the earlier glengarries seen in images of pre war/early war soldiers. These 1864 hats are common in post war images.

Lining Mark: Made in England, the later issue of glengarries are marked with a seal. Does anyone have any information on this seal?

Its possible that the person knitting this one slipped up! Easy enough error when working for a company trying to meet a quota. Who knows.

Cockades like these have never been seen in any prewar or war time image. Only in post war images. I think they were part of the uniform change.

Speaking of which. Richard, you might enjoy this. This is a post war image of the 79th New York National Guard....possibly taken in 1872-1876 because there is a mix and match of pre war uniform items with post war 1874 uniform items.



Left to right = Man 1 - 4

Men 2/4 are wearing 1864 glengarries. 1/3 are wearing the 1872 issue glengarries

Men 2/3 are wearing 1872 modified artillery jackets (Sporran cut outs) 1/4 are wearing the 1868 jackets.

They all seem to be wearing the new kilts. Cameron of Erracht Ancient. Changed from Cameron of Erracht Modern.

I could go on......but Ill spare the forum and not take up any more bandwidth!


Oh! And this glengarry is for sale. Only $17,500. If I had $17,500 in my pocket right now.......Isaac Stevens help me......