UNITS OF THE ZULU WAR 1879
91st Highlanders
More than one highlander unit was present during the Zulu war but most looked no different from other infantry. The 91st wore the distinctive frock coat and tartan trousers of the Highlands. Pipers wore green and had kilts. They played the pipes as they relieved the besieged camp at Eshowe after a 17 hour march. They had also gone without their kit and spent two weeks without tents in the rain. They had thought in the Cape before against the Xohsa and thought the Zulus at Gingindlovu.
Officers carried broadswords with a cross hilt
A great looking unit.