Uniform color

[hta1970]

I found the following and was wondering is anyone could provide any indication as to what the correct color would be for the jacket given the description.

The Richmond Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1861.
Maryland artillery.
--The officers of this admirable company are A. Snowden Andrews, of Baltimore, Captain; William F. Dement, of Charles, First Lieutenant; Charles Contee, of Prince George, Second Lieutenant; F. Dabney, of Mississippi, Third Lieutenant. The company consists of one hundred men, all Marylanders save four Mississippians. Their battery consists of one rifled cannon, two 12-pounders and three 12-pound howitzers. They have been encamped near the Reservoir, where men and horses have undergone a strict course of drill, preparatory to being ordered upon active service. High expectations have been entertained of this corps, which has been a great favorite in Richmond, and is composed of the sons of many of the oldest and best families in lower Maryland. Their uniform is in color a light grey, almost white, from which it can hardly be distinguished at a distance — kepi, jacket and trousers being all of the same color, relieved by scarlet trimmings. The Maryland Artillery left Richmond yesterday morning.

Note: A photograph in "A Band of Brothers," the trousers appear to be plain, and the cuffs and collar are all thet is trimmed.

[Tarky]

Hello, This should be easy. You asked what kind of cloth this might be? Well, from the description, almost white, I would, [my best guess], that the material was a wool jean mix, with a light gray wool, wovwn with a clean white cotton mesh. It could even be a brushed jeans, that would give it an even more bright light color.
Tom Arliskas
Cadet Gray Butternut Brown
Tarky