The Benton Hussars, also known as Joseph Nemitt's Cavalry Battalion, were raised in St. Louis in late 1861. Their uniforms reversed the standard Union Army colors, with light-blue jackets and dark-blue trousers. Black braids were arrayed across the jacket in hussar fashion, but unlike the genuine article, in which ornate frogging across the breast was fastened to buttons on one side or the other, the Benton Hussar jacket buttoned in the middle, the same as any othe U.S. Army jacket.
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 January, 1970.
