31407 Union Infantry Officer Advancing, No.2 K&C The Real West A firm supporter of Air

A firm supporter of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

His father was to have been part of the Gonzalez Company but took sick

Marching No Hat Tommy

The simple-to-operate “semi-automatic” loading system ejected fired shells

31407 Union Infantry Officer Advancing, No.2 K&C The Real West A firm supporter of AirUnion Infantry Officer Advancing, No. 2 The attire of the Iron Brigade was more along the lines of the out dated U. S. Army dress uniform than the common infantrymans kit. Probably its most conspicuous feature being the Model 1858 Dress, or Hardee, hat. The tall, blocked, brimmed, black felt hat was designed by career officer, William J. Hardee, the then Commandant of West Point (he was also the author of the most widely used drill manual of the Civil