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re: How LSU became Purple and Gold
Posted on 11/24/13 at 8:27 pm to Hurricane Mike
Posted on 11/24/13 at 8:27 pm to Hurricane Mike
The baseball team started the purple and gold before Dr. Coates, about 5 months before.
Many Louisiana infantry units wore blue at the start of the war.
Even the famous Louisiana Tigers (Wheat's 1st special battalion) wore blue vest (the Tiger Rifles) over their shirts at the start, and one company in the battalion wore all blue at 1st Manassas.
Tigers was picked because of David French Boyd's connection to the Tigers. Boyd was one of the few to help find Wheat's body and bury it on the field the night after the battle of Gaines' Mill. Boyd passed away in 1899, his brother (Thomas) was the president of LSU since 1896.
Many Louisiana infantry units wore blue at the start of the war.
Even the famous Louisiana Tigers (Wheat's 1st special battalion) wore blue vest (the Tiger Rifles) over their shirts at the start, and one company in the battalion wore all blue at 1st Manassas.
Tigers was picked because of David French Boyd's connection to the Tigers. Boyd was one of the few to help find Wheat's body and bury it on the field the night after the battle of Gaines' Mill. Boyd passed away in 1899, his brother (Thomas) was the president of LSU since 1896.
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Posted on 11/24/13 at 8:40 pm to tigger1
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Louisiana Tigers (Wheat's 1st special battalion) wore blue vest (the Tiger Rifles)
I believe they got the moniker Tigers because most of the unit was made up of Irish immigrants from New Orleans and they liked a good drink and a good fight.
One disgusted observer proclaimed that many of Wheat’s recruits were “the lowest scum of the lower Mississippi...adventurous wharf rats, thieves, and outcasts...and bad characters generally.
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