US Civil War Glengarry

[Lachlan09]

Is this the Don Troiani painting ?



I seem to recall an account of the 79th on the march on the country roads of Virginia in July 1861 en route to Manassas. One 79th officer did wear his kilt and in attempting to liberate a local chicken, jumped a split rail fence to the huge amusement of other passing Union troops. He was so roundly guyed that he soon put away his kilt and donned more conventional garb.


After the battle, prisoners were kept in Castle Pinckney, Charleston SC. A photo shows Charleston Zouave Cadets on the battlements looking down into the fort at prisoners of the 79th NY and 11th NY Fire Zouaves. Close scrutiny of the photo shows 79th men to be wearing their doublet as the Troiani picture above (with the 3 buttons in a slashed cuff on each cuff). They are either wearing dark blue trousers or tartan trews. It’s difficult to determine which.