On the Scottish Tartan Authority website I came across something called "Confederate" tartan (ITI number 4565), NOT the better known and more allegedly recent "Confederate Memorial Tartan," alternate name "Sons of Confederate Veterans"(ITI number 4195)

This one has no gray, is predominately blue, with red, green and black. An alternative name for it is "23rd North Carolina Volunteer In[fantry?]." The date for it is listed as pre-1861. The designer and source is unknown.

I have been able to find nothing else about this tartan on the internet. In searching the X Marks the Scot threads, I find that Cajunscot is of the opinion that "Whilst I have read claims of some Confederate uniforms wearing kilts (the SC Highland Guard comes to mind), I have never seen concrete documentation for it," as well as a post in which he rather exhaustively lists the Scots units in the American Civil War.

(I also found this posted by Mike in NC, "... have a Confederate Memorial kilt that Rocky at USAK made for me. Not only is there a strong historical connection to the kilt, it is a very striking tartan. Never fails to draw looks and complements where ever I wear it. I've even worn it as an unofficial uniform when working with the N-SSA. BTW, the unit I shoot with is 23 NC State Troops, Company G...the Granville Rifles.")

Anyone have any further info on the origin of this tartan? Is it indeed ante bellum? Or is the STA mistaken in its dating? I am not a member of STA, so could not use the "Click here for more information" feature on the page where the tartan is displayed.

Has anyone ever seen or had a kilt made of it? If so, which mill(s) and kiltmaker(s) did it come from?