that was the color of the American soldiers prior to the civil war
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During the Civil War, Union soldiers wore blue uniforms and were thus Blue Bellies by the Confederate soldiers.
In the American Civil War, the uniform of the Union was dark blue in color, and the uniform of the Confederacy was grey. It is often described as a war of the blue and the grey.
The Union wore Blue. Confederates wore Grey.
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Soldiers for the North (Union) were called "yanks" or more derisively "blue-bellies."