A kilted California militia unit...

[macwilkin]

Any contemporary images of this unit?

"highland costume" and "plaid garb" etc don't give much of a clue.

Maybe kilts, maybe plaid trousers?

Interesting that a recently formed pipe band here has adopted the Wallace tartan. I wonder if the band's organisers were aware of the historical connexion.

Hence why in an earlier post I said that the details of the Wallace Guard's uniform are "sketchy", Richard.

This sort of thing happened quite a bit when I was participating in living history -- a primary source such as a journal or diary would give just a snippet about a particular units kit, uniform, weapons, etc., but would never go into detail to satisfy a living historian -- of course, how many of us describe our clothes in great detail today in writing?

T.