31362 - Confederate Infantry Advancing Firing, No.1 W. Britain-War on the Nile Hit and run tactics and

Hit and run tactics and ambushes were common

Army “Dusters” of the late 1960’s period during the Vietnam War

Most notably Basil Rathbone in the 1930’s and ‘40’s films and Jeremy Brett in the TV series during the 1980’s and ‘90s

It gained increasing popularity after it was featured in the John Wayne movie ‘The Green Berets’ (1968)

Warfare in North America already had a history of picking out specific targets

31362 - Confederate Infantry Advancing Firing, No.1 W. Britain-War on the Nile Hit and run tactics andConfederate Infantry Advancing Firing, No. 1 This soldier wears a shell jacket and trousers made from high quality British army cloth imported into the Confederacy throughout the war. He also wears a felt hat that was preferred by many men over the regulation chasseur pattern kepi. Many of the domestically produced hats were made in various shades of tan and gray, while many of the black felt hats seem to have been imported from England. In either