It’s like someone telling me that as far as uniform/equipage for the common Confederate that “they had just whatever they could get”. Well, what WAS available back then, what unit/army were they in, what “Depot” did they draw clothing from, where did their weapons come from, and what part of the time period of the war are you talking about?
I must admit, this exact thing was not stressed enough when I was in school, and I’m glad that my boys were taught a lot more of that than I was.
Kevin Dally