Why Did the Confederates Wear Grey?
Answer: Old Hunters and Indian Fighters of the Pre-Civil War Era Wore Blue or Light Gray So They Would Not Stand out at a Distance. This Tradition Was Carried...
Answer: Old hunters and Indian fighters of the pre-Civil War era wore blue or light gray so they would not stand out at a distance. This tradition was carried over into the selection of army uniform colors. Because the United States (Union) regulation color was already dark blue, the Confederates chose gray.
What is Confederate GREY?
Confederate Gray is a “relative” term.
It could be butternut, cadet gray (which is like a foggy blue/gray), smoky gray…and probably coated with the brown, sandy, or red dust of the region of marching. The different shades of “gray” was part of the not-so-uniform uniforms of the Confederacy.
Who were the GREY coats in the Civil War?
Uniforms and clothing worn by Union and Confederate Soldiers During the Civil War. The two sides are often referred to by the color of their official uniforms, blue for the Union, gray for the Confederates.
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