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Confederate quatersmaster general ordered regular uniforms for his soldiers
the quartersmaster ordered regular army uniforms that included blue tunics. -
Colors were distinguished for each divisiion in the Union
Dark blue - general officers
Dark blue- general staff
Sky blue- infantry
Yellow - calvery
Orange- - dragoons
Scarlett - artillery
White - judge advocate
Emerald green medical corps
Crimson- ordinance
Olive green - pay corps
Buff - Aid- de- camp
Buff with white trim- ajudants
Buff with blac trim - engineers
Buff with scarlett trim- inspectors
Buff with sky blue trim- quatersmaster -
Insignia patches were distinguished in the Confederate army
patches were handed out to officers and soldiers other than colors like the Union army -
Italian fashion customs got introduced
North and South soldiers started takeing italiian customs into consideration -
white gloves were distibuted to soldiers
black gloves were for officers and white for lower ranking soldiers -
soldiers started wearing scottish hair caps
scottish head caps got introduced to the civil war -
Zuove soldiers stated that there regt. wears red pants and red head cap
red pants and red head caps were introduced to the Northern soldiers -
First soldier wore a wool uniform
A Union soldier wore the firsdt wool uniform. -
red= first division corps colors for the Union
red turned out to be first division corps colors -
Soldiers started to wear vests
Soldiers started to wear vests on the battlefield for more durability.
