What color of uniform did the south wear during the civil war?

Answer 1

Since the south had many soldiers that were not in the "regular" army, there was not a clear cut color of uniform for every man in the conflict. The 2 major colors were butternut (khaki) and gray (usually light gray) with gray being the adopted color of the army and referred to most often with historians/ poeple when discussing the Civil War (i.e. Blue vs. Gray)

Answer 2

Knight11 has it correct. If you want to get a very good sense of the way both sides dressed during the war, find a copy of the movie "Gettysburg" made by Ted Turner about 15 years ago. It stars Jeff Daniels as Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Martin Sheen as Gen. Robert E. Lee. Turner recruited Civil War re-enactors from all over the country to recreate the major events of the Battle of Gettysburg, including a chilling and heart-rending simulation of Pickett's charge on the final day of the battle. They did a super job. The Confederates are realistic in a hodgepodge of grey, butternut, homespun and "captured" Yankee garments. Union soldiers appear in Federal blue, Zouave pantaloons and jackets, various forage caps, Hardee hats and many other realistic variations. Even though you'll already know how it ends, I think you'll find the movie exciting. To me, parts of it feel like a window opened on the past.

Answer 3

usually light grey, but it depends on the particular army -- the army of northern virginia, which was by far the largest and most active group of soldiers in the war, wore light gray and light brown (chestnut). the texas and tennessee regiments usually wore a mix of light gray and powder blue, and some carolina and georgia regiments wore light green and gray. in the later years of the war, most southern volunteers did not have uniforms and wore some variation of brown clothing brought from home or taken from dead soldiers. on the flip side, the northern soldiers were almost all outfitted in dark blue.

Answer 4

The south had several different uniforms. Most were gray. This is because cotton when made in to clothing in gray before it is dyed.

Answer 5

The Southern side wore the gray, the Union side wore the blue.

Answer 6

the north wore Navy blue, the south wore Grey

Answer 7

Confederate Grey!!!

Answer 8

GRAY!!!

The South was gray.

The North was blue.

Answer 9

Grey..duh, the north wore the blue.

Answer 10

Oh my...this is why you need to freaking pay attention in school instead of worrying about Paris Hilton. What a sad state of affairs!