dough boy (infantryman) antedated to 1835

[Stephen Goranson]

HDAS has doughboy (infantryman) from 1847

Two letters  (via Proquest Historical) objecting to a 1835 publication, presumably Infantry tactics:
or, Rules for the exercise and manoeuvres of the United States' infantry. Winfield Scott (1835 3 v)..
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Communications.; NEW INFANTRY TACTICS.
YOUNG FOGRAM. Army and Navy Chronicle (1835-1842). Washington: Jul 30, 1835. Vol. 1, Iss. 31; p. 247 (2 pages) col. 3

Dough-boy's ghost of Indian warfare.

THE NEW INFANTRY TACTICS.
YOUNG FOGRAM. Army and Navy Chronicle (1835-1842). Washington: Aug 27, 1835. Vol. 1, Iss. 35; p. 277 (1 page) col.2

...the emblematic bugle horn of the Dough Boys is stamped on the flanks of each book...

(FWIW, in these and other early uses I see no hint of connection with uniform parts or adobe; perhaps more likely, from the rough food.)

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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