The Union wore blue.
blue
Union and confederate soldiers fought at Gettysburg.
97,000 Union soldiers
The general nickname for Union soldiers was Billy Yank.
About 91,921.
Both the Confederate and the Union soldiers that died while fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg.
blue
Confederate soldiers were headed to Gettysburg Pennsylvania seeking shoes. Inadvertently they encountered Union soldiers. This was the inception of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Arlington
over 23,000
Abraham Lincoln was the one that delivered the Gettysburg address. It was given in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on Thursday, November 19, 1863. It was a dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery roughly four months after Union soldiers defeated Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Union soldiers wore blue uniforms made of wool, with cotton "blouses" or shirts.