79th New York (Highlanders)

[tulloch]

What can you tell about the jacket of the man on the Right in the last photo? I have my great-uncle's jacket, belt, cartridge box and bayonet scabbard from the NY 7th Reg around 1910. It looks identical.

[macwilkin]

What can you tell about the jacket of the man on the Right in the last photo? I have my great-uncle's jacket, belt, cartridge box and bayonet scabbard from the NY 7th Reg around 1910. It looks identical.

I'm not Rachel, but I can provide a little information, thanks to a WWI-era reenactment unit that portrays the 7th:

http://www.oryansroughnecks.org/uniforms_7.html

You might also look at some of the historic photos posted on Andrew Cusack's blog:

http://www.andrewcusack.com/?s=7th+New+York

T.

[79thReproductions]

Alright! Good idea, I didn't even thought about Historical attire. Thank you ith:

Wonderful link T! The blog has nice pictures of "real" 7th New Yorkers taken in the 1950s.

The uniform is the late 1850s pattern though the 7th New York National Guards uniform changed little from the 1820s to well into the 1970s. The shako pattern changed but the tail coat, cross belts and unit insignia was pretty constant.

To bring this all around, 2 companies of the 7th marched with the 79th as their honor guard when the Highlanders returned from war in 1864. Imagine 2 companies of these fine 7th New yorkers in tail coats and cross belts escorting the 120 79th veterans. The 79th had worn out federal uniforms and only new bonnets issued by the New York Caledonian Club before entering New York to show their unit identity.


Privates William H. Barrett and Robert Field, 7th New York 1861


My brother Charles wearing the the complete uniform reproduction compared to Berrett and Field.



Also, heres another 79th soldier. Cpl. Nelson while posing for an actual 1860s camera at a recent event.