This is a soldier's uniform from the American Civil War @chalkehistoryfestival

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[nickcara]

Personally I think the stache is the best part of this rendition tbh.

[kamikazeviking]

Love how militaries in the 18th century decided "armor don't stop bullets, then let us die in drip" until kakhi and camo came along in WW1

[MatthewChenault]

For the men of the Army of the Potomac, they would have presumed this man was a part of one of the heavy artillery regiments. His pristine uniform and white gloves would have given him away as a fairly fresh, green soldier from a fresh, green regiment in combat.

Many of the Heavy Artillery Regiments would often be called “white glove” regiments specifically because they wore those white, parade gloves; an item that was often discarded or never used by the regular soldiers of the Army of the Potomac.

[charcoalfox]

He looks so happy to tell other people who are interested in history what he does 😊

[kepi]

It's interesting he has a foreign accent as a civil war soldier. I image there were a lot of different accents in the war since there were so many new comers at the time.

[LordKingdomRT]

He looks like a soldier of the iron brigade, basically some of the best troops the Union could field. Go look em up, they have a cool history. They earned that name.

[Baby_Beers]

“It is indeed quite warm” 😂 why did that get me

[joeavent]

The insignia of the US Army infantry was the hunter's horn. Years later, it was replaced by the crossed muskets since European light infantry used the horn as their insignia. The US Army thought of the hunting horn as too European.

Heavy infantry in some European Armies used the flaming grenade as insignia. Only the tallest with long arms that could throw a heavy grenade were recruited into grenadier units.

[pisceanbeauty]

Seems to be channeling Matthew Broderick in ‘Glory’ 😂.

[OutlierOnYT]

Me clicking customization in War of Rights:

[ZacharyBurgard]

Nice it’s the ottoman reenactor one of the best people for uniforms on YouTube in my opinion

[rc]

I was really happy to see folks in the UK doing American Civil War reenactment. There's a group I talked to that portrays my 3rd great grandpa's unit the Bucktail Brigade. It really means a lot to me seeing them keep his and his units memory alive.

[megorex]

Now that’s a handsome soldier, I’d let his ghost haunt me.

[ButIamAStick]

I'm not American, but that fit is so cool

[ThymariVanRaalte]

This is a Regular Army attire. The state volunteers or militia would be wearing a forage cap.

[Falkriim]

I like how proud he looked of his impression. Seems like a cool guy

[maryannsarkady]

I did civil war re-enacting for 7 years !

[freealter]

Crazy how at least 5 different comments are claiming he’s five different types of soldier

[euchreairgaming]

"Misses him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog"
Like a true American!

[timothyprice]

Fellow civil war Reenactor here love the uniform! Idk if you were also at the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg but man that was the coolest reenactment I’ve been to yet