Are there any spec's to what the colors of the carriages were for union and confederate? I've seen olive drab used for both sides in reanactments and sometimes grey or red for confederate but what were the actuals colors used for both sides? I once read an article on a union ambulance that had been found and was being restored which the body was french blue and the wheels I think were red but I've allways had my doubts if anyting was painted red for military use during the WBTS's. Any factual help would be appreciated, thanks, Ed

Privada@aol.com wrote: > > Are there any spec's to what the colors of the carriages were for union and > confederate? I've seen olive drab used for both sides in reanactments and > sometimes grey or red for confederate but what were the actuals colors used for > both sides? ----------------------------- From memory, the US Ordnance manual said olive; have a reprint of the CS Ordnance manual (basically the same book as the US) which says olive over a lead-colored primer to be specific. That's for wood carriages - it gives a formula for brown paint to be used on iron carriages. ----------------------------- > I once read an article on a union ambulance that had been found and > was being restored which the body was french blue and the wheels I think were > red... ----------------------------- While I was reenacting with the Mifflin Guard somebody had built a wagon for the mess. Can't recall the wheel color but the body was blue, too. Don't know the source; always just believed they'd done their homework. Ordnance manual doesn't address this; maybe a quartermaster one? Dennis