Civil War Catalouge by MAJIK TAYLOR

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This is an example of a Confederate uniform. The Confederate uniform jacket, typically gray with brass buttons, identified soldiers by allegiance and sometimes rank.

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Soldiers wore standardized uniforms, as seen in portraits and illustrations, to denote their allegiance—Union or Confederate—and the portraits also helped families remember their loved ones.

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The Henry Repeating Rifle can shoot 2-4 shots per minute and has 16 shots in one magazine. Rather than manually filling the rifle with gun powder and bullets, it used a single bullet and black powder encased in a single metallic cylinder, like bullets today. It uses a lever-action system to fire bullets repeatedly.

It later became the gun that “won the west.”

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This is the most lethal handgun of the Civil war. It was a .42 caliber and could hold 9 bullets at once. The LeMat was actually two guns in one because it could fire a single shotgun round with a flip of the switch on the side. It was a heavy gun and not the best for carrying, but it still was a deadly weapon during the Civil War.

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The Springfield rifle-musket, a mainstay for infantrymen, was more accurate and often had a bayonet attached for close fighting.

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After the battle the Union settled on blue uniforms while the Confederates settled on gray. In practice this varied, as many Confederates wore homespun clothing. The handiest dye was made from acorns, which dyed the cloth various shades of brown. Thus Confederate soldiers were often referred to as Butternuts.

Bibliography

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“Kids History: Civil War Uniforms.” Ducksters.com, 2018, www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/military_uniforms.php . Accessed 4 May 2025.

“Uniforms of History.” Confederate Museum, confederatemuseum.com/uniforms-of-history/. Accessed 4 May 2025.

“Civil War Uniforms Facts for Kids.” History for Kids, www.historyforkids.net/civil-war-uniforms.html. Accessed 4 May 2025