Picture taken at Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitors Center by Julie Youde                 

                    The Confederate’s uniforms were adapted after the tight swallowtail dress coats and tail shakas common in Europe. All of the Confederate uniforms should be gray. They have gold buttons up and down their tailcoats. The coats also had black collars and black lines suspended between the buttons.

                        The pants were all gray. They did wear shoes, but the type varied. If you were in command, you would probably wear tall, brown or black boots. If you were in the militia, you wore anything you could find to keep your feet warm.

                    Back to the top of the body, lets learn about hats. The usual hat was gray, like the suit. It had a black leather bottom and top. The front of the hat had a brass figure on the front, preferably a horn. On the top, stiff wool that stood up by itself was put there. The two main colors of the wool, were red and white. The officers wore cowboy hats that were gray too.

                    The officers were only remotely different. They had a red, green, or gold sash around their waist to show that they were of higher rank than the rest of the army. The uniforms would also consist of simple designs on the sleeves. The whole uniform was usually cleaner than the militia since they were higher in rank and had the privilege of being able to wash their clothes. The army could, but they usually had only one pair of clothes while the officers sometimes had a couple.