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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Well, that was only their condition before the war. After it started, they all got a gray uniform and a rifle.

Not really. The Confederate supply system was abysmal. They often wore parts of captured Union uniforms, and uniforms weren't, well uniform, on either side. Some Union units had gray uniforms, and some Confederate units had blue ones. Both sides had many other colors and styles of uniforms as well. It was a hell of a mess, especially in the first couple of years.

413 posted on 01/10/2006 9:01:47 PM PST by El Gato (The Second Amendment is the Reset Button of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: El Gato
you can say that again!

that's one reason that First Manassas was "a mess".

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445 posted on 01/11/2006 3:05:51 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to GOD. Thomas Jefferson, 1804)
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