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re: How LSU became Purple and Gold
Posted on 11/24/13 at 8:40 pm to tigger1
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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