Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War ...

The factories that had served the railroads began to turn out armaments and munitions, uniforms and armor ... Yankees were eager to trade Union greenbacks for Confederate notes they might use ...

The fraternity didn’t ban the wearing of the Confederate uniforms until nearly a decade ... not long after Lee surrendered to the Union Army, at a Virginia college where Lee served as president.