"virtuous and full of honor".
you mean like the soldiers that MURDERED all but 2 people in my family? those were NOT gray uniforms on the killers/rapists/arsonists, but rather BLUEbellies, having FUN (boys will be boys, after all).
the damnyankee high command cared NOTHING for abuses committed by THEIR forces, but were REALLY GOOD at swearing rumours were TRUE about CSA servicemembers!
for dixie,sw
"The men have behaved themselves the best I saw them either home or abroad. Every man has seemed to be on his good behavior since we entered Atlanta. The women have been dressed up waiting for our men to commence raping but they have waited in vain. There has not been a single outrage commited in this city , a circumstance that the people say they cannot say for the rebel army." - William Dunn, Surgeon, 89th Pennsylvania, September 1864.
Sounds like the killer/rapists/arsonists wore grey.