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Question: Question about Confederate soldier/uniform!?
I was watching a music video about "Johnny Rebs!."

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=GJD0Eall4!.!.!.

And I'm assuming that most of the soldiers protrayed are supposed to be Confederate; but at one point (0:58) I'm not sure if the soldiers are wearing blue or gray uniforms!. And I know at 1:03, I've seen that boy's face somewhere as a Union soldier!. I think it was Avi's book "Iron Thunder!."

Does anyone know if 0:58 and 1:05 are Confederates or Yankees!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
0:58 does look like a Union uniform, it is hard to tell, because he is not wearing any insignia that is clearly visible!. 1:03 appears to have black piping on his kepi which would indicate that he is some kind of militia, probably confederate, but there were some New York militia units that wore gray uniforms!. I don't think though that they used black piping!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Some Confederate units actually wore Bluish uniforms!. Many CSA Officers still wore their Baby Blue uniform early in the war!. also some Military academies had blue uniforms and were not reissued uniforms when they were pressed into service!. also many Confederates wore liberated Yankee uniforms (especially the irregulars and at the end of the war) It was hard to tell Lane's men from Quantrill's!.

There were units on both sides that wore red uniforms too!. Blue, gray and brown were seen on both sides also!. Many militias wore the same colour uniforms as before the war!. There was one Yankee cavalry unit that wore bright green, like Robin Hood!.

Generals on both sides could design their own uniforms!. Custer wore a very flamboyant uniform but Grant always wore the uniform of the common soldiers he led!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Lomax is correct about uniforms!. Confederates wore what they could get in grey and butternut brown!. At the beginning of the war, you even had some Yankee regiments in grey and some Confederates in blue!.

However, this is a music video and it would be economical to recycle the extras and you can't expect the uniforms to be accurate either!.
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In all films/videos extras are at a premium!. In many battle scenes extras are filmed in one set of uniforms, then change and get filmed again!. The dream of an extra (I know this from personal experience) is to be seen shooting himself!.

In any case, the Confederate army was so ill-equipped that the rank and file generally didn't have uniforms, but wore what they could find!. The officers all wore grey - but no two of them the same shade!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

after watching the clip several times i cinclude that both pictures are of rebs wearing forager caps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com