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Re: Three Generals in camp
Comrades,
A couple of my own points here. The "French Overcoat" is actually a US pattern overcoat for officers, with the cape detached (it normally was made with a detachable cape). By regulation, it would have had a circle of cloth with an embroidered edge and the wearer's rank in the center sewn onto each collar. Actual images of this are rare, but some do exist. Most images are shown sans the insignia, as Pleasanton is wearing it.
Secondly, the young officer with the 18 button jacket on the right seems to have it tucked into his trousers. I've seen this same thing done in other images, from both eastern and western theaters, and by both officer and enlisted, so it must be something that was done, although not so often as might be thought of.
respects,
Comrades,
A couple of my own points here. The "French Overcoat" is actually a US pattern overcoat for officers, with the cape detached (it normally was made with a detachable cape). By regulation, it would have had a circle of cloth with an embroidered edge and the wearer's rank in the center sewn onto each collar. Actual images of this are rare, but some do exist. Most images are shown sans the insignia, as Pleasanton is wearing it.
Secondly, the young officer with the 18 button jacket on the right seems to have it tucked into his trousers. I've seen this same thing done in other images, from both eastern and western theaters, and by both officer and enlisted, so it must be something that was done, although not so often as might be thought of.
respects,
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