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CIVIL WAR PROJECT



During the Civil War, people could often be recognized of their occupation or job by the clothes they were wearing. What the people during the Civil War period wore depended on what their job was, climate, and wealth. The first picture is a picture of what a typical Union solider would wear. The outfit for the Union Solider was a dark blue coat, long sleeves, and ended right above the knee. Lieutenants and other officers that were higher then the soldiers, would wear double breasted coats, while the lower Soldiers would wear only single breasted coats. Also, to show higher rankings, you would receive more buttons to wear as well as metals to strap onto their uniforms. The second picture, depicts what a Confederate Solider would wear during the Civil War. At first, the Confederacy Uniforms were dark blue just like the Union Soldiers. After the confederates were shooting their own soldiers and mistaking their own men for the enemy men from the North, the Confederates decided to change their uniforms. The color changed to grey so the men could tell the difference during the battle. The design of the second uniforms was a long grey sleeve jacket with long grey pants. The Confederacy also had the same ranking status as the Union did; giving their high ranking officials more buttons and metals to tell them apart from the regular soldiers. The more decorative uniform with buttons, the higher ranking. The third picture, is a nurse from the civil war times. This is not a field nurse, this is a nurse that would be in a tent or stationed in a facility. The nurses had to were required to look simple and couldn't wear anything to fancy. They had to wear black or brown full length cotton gowns with a plain white apron on the front to stop blood or dirt from getting on their dress. They were not allowed to wear any jewelry or bows while they were working. But, as the war went on, the nurses got to break their dress code more because it was all about saving the people and not as much as making sure their uniform was up to code. The fourth and final picture is a picture of what a average southern slave would have worn. The slaves would be given only 1 pair of shoes to work and two to three pairs of underwear that they had to wash themselves. The clothing they wore was dependent on their owners. Most owners would give their slaves crappy material of clothing that was too big or small, or had holes on it. Sometimes, depending on how rich the owner would be, the slaves were bought nice clothing or was given nice material to make their own clothes, but it was very rare.

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