Civil War Southern Uniforms at Brandon Sylvester blog

Civil War Southern Uniforms. Union civil war uniforms were superior to confederate civil war uniforms. Union soldiers wore dark blue uniforms, confederates usually wore grey or butternut, but with more variations than northerners because the individual southern states often provided uniforms. Army, confederate uniforms adopted these colors and meanings also. Buttons and other insignia were used for the identification of rank while colors designated the branch of service. The southern cotton fields allowed for cotton cloth in confederate uniforms, while the north’s troops wore wool, which was warm in winter and relatively cool in summer—as long as a. The civil war uniforms of union soldiers were predominantly blue while their southern counterparts were gray or butternut. The civil war uniform for both northern troops and southern troops was one of the most basic and important. As the southern military tradition came from the u.s. Union uniforms featured red trim for artillery, blue for infantry, and yellow for cavalry troops. As the war continued and the union grip around southern imports and material production tightened, gray dye also became scarce.

Union soldiers wore dark blue uniforms, confederates usually wore grey or butternut, but with more variations than northerners because the individual southern states often provided uniforms. The civil war uniforms of union soldiers were predominantly blue while their southern counterparts were gray or butternut. The southern cotton fields allowed for cotton cloth in confederate uniforms, while the north’s troops wore wool, which was warm in winter and relatively cool in summer—as long as a. Army, confederate uniforms adopted these colors and meanings also. As the southern military tradition came from the u.s. Union civil war uniforms were superior to confederate civil war uniforms. Union uniforms featured red trim for artillery, blue for infantry, and yellow for cavalry troops. Buttons and other insignia were used for the identification of rank while colors designated the branch of service. As the war continued and the union grip around southern imports and material production tightened, gray dye also became scarce. The civil war uniform for both northern troops and southern troops was one of the most basic and important.

A Confederate Officer With His Men, 1863 [by Don Troiani] Civil war

Civil War Southern Uniforms The civil war uniforms of union soldiers were predominantly blue while their southern counterparts were gray or butternut. The civil war uniform for both northern troops and southern troops was one of the most basic and important. Union uniforms featured red trim for artillery, blue for infantry, and yellow for cavalry troops. Buttons and other insignia were used for the identification of rank while colors designated the branch of service. Union civil war uniforms were superior to confederate civil war uniforms. As the war continued and the union grip around southern imports and material production tightened, gray dye also became scarce. Army, confederate uniforms adopted these colors and meanings also. Union soldiers wore dark blue uniforms, confederates usually wore grey or butternut, but with more variations than northerners because the individual southern states often provided uniforms. The southern cotton fields allowed for cotton cloth in confederate uniforms, while the north’s troops wore wool, which was warm in winter and relatively cool in summer—as long as a. The civil war uniforms of union soldiers were predominantly blue while their southern counterparts were gray or butternut. As the southern military tradition came from the u.s.