Quote Originally Posted by James
For dress wear could you not cite your own Civil Wat traditions, where at least at the outset some units [reserve?] apparently were kilted.

However for actual field use-very questionable!

Think here of the members of 15 Div-caught on the wire at Loos.

So I'd suggest an assault course in a kilt before trying it on for active service wear.

James
That would be the 79th New York Regiment, which wore a kilt of Cameron of Erracht tartan -- however, there is great debate among historians if the kilt was actually worn by the 79th in the field in 1861 -- most evidence points to trews in the Cameron of Erracht tartan, and by the end of the war, standard Union Army issue trousers.

However, there was a proposal in 2002 to the Governor of New York to "reactivate" the 79th and adopt the kilt again for non-combat uniforms.

Cheers,

Todd