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The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
cClellan changed the uniform of the volunteers to that worn by the regulars, and as a general thing most of the regiments are uniformed alike. Since the battle of Bull Run, permission has been given many of the new regiments to adopt some distinguishing style, so that many of the volunteer corps are dressed in various colored uniforms. While in Washington the past month your correspondent saw a number of regiments very gaily dressed. The Zouave style is worn very much. The uniform of Duryea's Zouaves, now in Baltimore, consist of a rich blue jacket trimmed with scarlet and gold lace and cord, wide blue Turkish trousers descending to the knees, and boots of yellow morocco. Added to this is a rich crimson sash worn around the waist, which, with the scarlet fez with blue tassel, or the parti-coloured silk turban, presents to the eye a pleasing effect. The Berdan sharp-shooters wear a curious dark green sack — scarcely a sack — in fact, more like a cavalry jacket, trimmed with a