Uniforms+of+the+Civil+War

C i v i l W a r U n i f o r m s At the beginning of the Civil War many Confederate soldiers wore their everyday clothes. Some of the soldier wore dark blue, but they weren’t aware that the Union had already claimed this color which caused many problems. The Union also came across this problem. Many of the Union soldiers were given gray shirts because most the dark blue cloth would fade to gray after being washed. Union soldier were often shot at by their own men because of there uniform color.

http://www.pocanticohills.org/civilwar/uniforms.htm

The official color of the Confederates was gray.

  The official color of the Union was blue.

__ F ____ u ____ n ____ F ____ a ____ c ____ t __  µ  Many times the Union soldiers were called “ blue bellies ” by the Confederate soldiers because of there uniform color.