Uniform
The Regiment will wear a modified Richmond Depot Type jacket of dark grey wool. The jackets have shoulder straps with piping and sleeve and collar trim and will be issued by the Company. Any member currently having a style jacket (that is, without shoulder straps or belt loops) will be permitted to continue wearing that jacket until it needs to be replaced, at which time the replacement jacket will be the above mentioned.

Trousers will be in the civilian style, Confederate Infantry light or dark grey or Federal-issue trousers will be permitted provided they are properly constructed as approved by the Commanding Officer.

For the Richmond Depot jackets and trousers, all visible top stitching and button-holes are to be hand worked. Civilian-style and Federal-issue trousers may have machine top stitching. However, all button-holes and eyelets should be hand worked. Sewing machines of the period were straight-line machines and had no capacity for button-holing. Jacket buttons are to be brass block "I". Trouser buttons should be stamped tin, japanned tin, bone, or horn.

Shirts
It is recommended that civilian-style shirts be worn. The fabric should be cotton, wool, wool-flannel, or osnaburg muslin. They should be either solid color, checks, stripes, or broad plaids. When purchasing shirts, members should look for checks, stripes, or plaids that are of woven material. Printed fabrics such as the modern calicos should be avoided.

All button-holes should be hand worked. Buttons should be glass, bone, stamped tin, or japanned tin, with bone or white glass about 1/2 to 5/8 inch in diameter being the most common.

Shoes
Federal pattern Jefferson brogans are the best recommendation. The imported English military shoes are also acceptable. Shoe laces should be either dark brown or black leather. The light brown/gold leather laces that you can get at the grocery store are not correct for the period as they represent a modern tanning process. If you have them, blacken them.

No desert boots, engineer boots, Wellingtons, Hush Puppies, etc. will be permitted.

Socks
Cotton tobacco twill socks. These socks are copied from C.S. issue-type socks and are very close in appearance to a pair of originals in the NPS museum at Gettysburg. Wool socks are acceptable, but you must use caution when looking for correct wool socks. Most wool socks sold by sutlers at events are not correct.

Hats
Nothing can ruin a good impression faster than a lousy hat. The Company will wear civilian-style hats. "Bummer's" kepie's or forage caps are not allowed. Properly styled civilian hats will, at minimum, have sweatbands of leather or blackened cotton duck or twill, grosgrain ribbon around the outside, and full linings on the inside.

No unshaped "hillbilly" blanks, "Indiana Jones," gangster, John Wayne, cowboy, etc, hats will be permitted. Only civilian styles that would have been found in Virginia in the 1860's will be acceptable. If any member has a doubt about the correctness of a hat, he should check with the Commanding Officer first.

Vests
Vests were not actually an issue item and were, therefore, privately procured. The Company considers them to be an optional item. However, many were worn according to the fashion of the period.

A military-style vest should be of wool, color is optional. Civilian-style vests are HIGHLY recomended and should be of a jean-wool, heavy cotton or some kind of wool broadcloth or brocade. Acceptable vest patterns are available with the company seamstress.

All button-holes will be hand worked. Military vests should have cuff-sized Virginia State seal or Federal "eagle" buttons. Civilian vests may have covered, bone, flat brass, gutta percha, etc. buttons.

Weapons and Accouterments
Only three-banded percussion muskets or rifled muskets dated 1862 or earlier are to be carried by the Regiment. No two-banded muskets, rifles, "Zouaves," cut-downs, shotguns, etc. under any circumstances will be acceptable. This is as much for safety reasons as authenticity, although two-banded rifles are documentable.

Large belt-slung knives such as "Bowie," "Arkansas Toothpick," etc. are not allowed in the field. If you want one for your camp equipment fine, but not on your belt.

Leather Goods
The Company has a small stock of acceptable cartridge boxes, cap boxes, belts, slings, and scabbards on hand for new members.

Haversacks
The Regiment recommends only two types of haversacks. One is the black-tarred Federal-issue bag. The early-war pattern is recommended. The other acceptable bag is the "Home Made" carpet bag type or made from an upholstery fabric. These are made by the company seamstress and are free to the units members. The shoulder straps should be shortened so that the bag rides high on the hip. The properly worn bag should not ride low on the buttocks.

Canteens
All soldiers will carry a canteen. The Company recommends two types. One is the C.S.-issue Gardner pattern wood drum canteen made of either cherry or cedar wood. The strap should either be natural canvas duck or mattress ticking approximately 5 to 6 feet in length.

The other is the Federal-issue model 1858 smoothside canteen. The canteen should be covered. Dark blue wool or grey wool are the best choices. The strap may be canvas duck or a cotton web strap, although you may want to get a russet-colored leather strap with a roller buckle, which was quite common during the early-war period.

As with the haversack, the shoulder strap should be shortened so that the canteen rides high on the hip, resting on top of the haversack.

Eye Wear
If it is necessary that you wear corrective lenses they must be in period frames. There are no exceptions. Period eyeglass frames can be readily found at most sutlers as well as many antique stores. Most optomotrists will place your perscription lenses in the frames. Contacts are of course allowed. Sunglasses of any kind are not allowed. In the time period dark lensed glasses were for medicinal reasons. Example a man wearing dark glasses had syphillys, or was blind.