In the US Civil War, the soldiers of the north wore a dark blue uniform, and the soldiers of the south wore gray uniforms. The war is still remembered in terms of blue vs. gray.
The confederate soldiers (of the new Confederacy of the United States) wore grey uniforms versus the union soldiers who wore blue uniforms.
Probably the First Battle of Bull Run, where one Confederate regiment wore blue uniforms, and Union gunners didn't fire on them till too late.
US Civil War 1861-1865.
The color of uniforms during World War 2 depended upon the military branch and the types of uniforms used in battle, for dress and the season. For instance: The Naval uniforms had white winter uniforms and black for winter. Their working clothes were dungarees (denim colored) and the officers wore khaki clothing. The Army had a dark green uniform for their dress uniform and olive drab or khaki clothing for work or battle dress. They also used camouflaged fabric for the infantry but they hated it in Europe because they were often mistaken for being a German. So they refused to use them. The Marines had dark blue dress uniforms. There clothing was similar to the Army. The Sea Bees wore khaki and green. The Coast Guard wore the same colors as the Navy. The US Air Force had not been formed yet. The fliers were part of the Navy and Army. They wore the colors of their branches. Women's uniforms were similar colored but of course they had skirts and slacks. The Nursing Uniforms were mostly white for their working outfits but the dress uniforms were either green or dark blue according to the branch the women served.
The US Civil War was an un-declared war.
The confederate soldiers (of the new Confederacy of the United States) wore grey uniforms versus the union soldiers who wore blue uniforms.
In the US Civil War, the Union (North) Army usually wore blue. The South wore Grey but often they didn't have official uniforms.
Probably the First Battle of Bull Run, where one Confederate regiment wore blue uniforms, and Union gunners didn't fire on them till too late.
The Confederates (south) wore gray and a color called Butternut, and the Union (north) wore a blue-gray more blue then gray type of uniform.
At the beginning of the US Civil War, some of the the Confederate army uniforms were a butternut color. Grey was introduced as soon as these color uniforms could be produced. The US army already had blue uniforms and remained with that color.
The civil war by Zach Goebel
Nope. Nylon was invented by duPont de Nemours company in 1938. That was about 70 years after the US Civil War.
The Union army was supplied with wool uniforms and the Confederate army uniforms were either wool or cotton fabrics.
During war, when fighting against recognized nations; POW=Prisoner of War. During the Vietnam War, US POWs wore striped prison uniforms.
The majority of the soldiers wore dark blue jackets with light blue pants. US Sharpshooters wore green uniforms.
they wore green uniforms but the unifroms were different in between army units and the marines had 2 different uniforms
The cost to the Federal government for military uniforms varied over the duration of the war. With that said the contract to make the uniforms may be benchmarked by the contract the government gave to Brooks Brothers to make them. The cost charged by Brooks Brothers was $19.20.