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I just watched an old Army cavalry movie, and I’m wondering about the neckerchiefs and trouser stripes. What can you tell me about the cavalry uniforms of the Indian Wars?

by | Aug 1, 2004 | Inside History

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I just watched an old Army cavalry movie, and I’m wondering about the neckerchiefs and trouser stripes. What can you tell me about the cavalry uniforms of the Indian Wars? James Hardee Via the Internet Neckerchiefs were not issued but sometimes the company commander’s wife had enough material to make matching neckerchiefs for her husband’s troopers. Because uniform styles underwent several modifications during the 1870s and ’80s, soldiers in the same company frequently wore slightly diff


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