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"Frock coat worn by Henry Clay Albright, Company G, Twenty-sixth Regiment North Carolina Troops, ca. 1862. The shoulder straps conform to 1861 regulations for officers' uniforms. NC Museum of History."

A State Uniform

On May 23, 1861, Governor John W. Ellis appointed a board of officers to select a uniform for North Carolina's volunteer and state troops. General Order No. 1, issued on May 27, specified the regulations for the new uniform.

Regulation for the Uniform Dress and Equipment of the Volunteers and State Troops of North Carolina, May 27, 1861

The uniform coat for all enlisted men shall be a sack coat of gray cloth (of North Carolina Manufacture) extending half way down the thigh, and made loose, with falling collar, and an inside pocket on each breast, six coat buttons down the front, commencing at the throat; a strip of cloth sewed on each shoulder, extending from the base of the collar to the shoulder seam, an inch and a half wide at the base of the collar, and two inches wide at the shoulder; this strip will be of black cloth for Infantry, red for Artillery and yellow for Cavalry.

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