Len:

You are most correct, if that's the proper grammar. I am going to leave this site and go to the original sources, but it is celar that the men were not enamored with the new uniforms. I was not aware -- or had convenientlyt forgotten -- that the uniforms were of English make. From what I recall, hwever, the term "baby blue fits the uniforms to a "T'. For what it is worth, Jenkins' Brigade was composed, t that time, of the Palmetto Sharpshooters, the 1st S.C. (Hagood's), the 5th S.C., the 6 S.C., the 2 S.C. Rifles, and the Hampton Legion. The greatest glory days of the brigade were in 1864 (after the Hampton Legion was detached), when they were led by Col, later BGEN, John Bratton. I would suggest that anyone with an interest in this brigade read Bratton's edited letters, or even better yet, read the typescript (the originals were apparently burned in a house fire). The typescripts are at the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, and at the Woodruff Library, Emory University, in Decatur, Ga. Bratton detested Jenkins, and probably with good reason.