Uniforms

[Amish John]

Any chance of some in-game screenshots showing some of the non-standard uniforms (if the art is done)?

[Hancock the Superb]

Non-standard uniforms?

[Amish John]

Like some of the Zouave uniforms shown in the early screen shots. For the Union, anything beside the standard issue dark blue sack coat and kersey trousers. For the Confederates, any other uniforms besides gray or butternut.

[69th NYSV]

I could be mistaken but by the time of what we all think this battle is, the uniforms were pretty much standardized.

Even on the confederate side the patterning was standardized and all the cloth was supposed to be some "shade" of gray. Most of the perceived "butternut" or brown's was sun bleaching of the natural dyes the south was forced to use and the rest was using whatever cloth was available.

Some of the earlier non-standard uniforms shown could've been before the games direction was chosen and might show up in a later expansion?

[Amish John]

I believe by mid war there were still quite a few units that still retained at least part of their Zouave uniforms. A couple examples are the 95th PVI (Gosline's Zouaves), the 14th Brooklyn, and the 114th PVI.

Even though many original zouave regiments had gone to standard Union uniforms, there are some Union regiments that became zouave regiments. The 146th New York Infantry did not start the service in zouave uniforms, but adopted them in June 1863 jus before the Gettysburg Campaign began. Some of the other regiments in that brigade, including the 140th New York and 155th Pennsylvania Infantry, adopted zouave uniforms later in the war.

[Hancock the Superb]

There were many zouve regiments in the 3rd Corps at Gettysburg! So I would imagine that there would be many zouves, if not different types of uniforms!

[ironsight]

Ahh Zouves! :laugh: :laugh:
Whenever they show themselves on the battlefield with those clown uniforms, i make a concerted effort to round up as many units as possible to converge on em! :laugh:
With all that red in their uniforms, they make excellent targets!!:laugh:

[JC Edwards]

ironsight wrote:

Ahh Zouves! :laugh: :laugh:
Whenever they show themselves on the battlefield with those clown uniforms, i make a concerted effort to round up as many units as possible to converge on em! :laugh:
With all that red in their uniforms, they make excellent targets!!:laugh:

Or as Chantilly is fond to refer to them as..... "Pajama wearin' fools"!:lol:

[Hancock the Superb]

Or, the RED DEVILS! Not that I care for them that much.

[ironsight]

JC wrote: Chantilly is fond to refer to them as..... "Pajama wearin' fools"!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I wonder what the Confederates thought the first time they seen Zouaves on the field!

Either laughter, astonishment, puzzlement, the North was drafting circus people now or all of the above!