At their most basic level, Civil War uniforms distinguished Union troops from Confederate troops: Union troops wore blue while the Confederate troops wore gray. However, a number of distinct ...

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend.

The Union Army removed most of its dead and wounded out of the Williamsburg area while the Confederate wounded ... copper buttons with glass insets. No uniforms were found. Any groups that have ...

The observance of what we now call Memorial Day began in May 1868 following the Civil War, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 750,000 Union and Confederate soldiers – the highest ...

The fraternity banned the wearing of the Confederate uniforms in 2010 ... not long after Lee surrendered to the Union Army, at a Virginia college where Lee served as president.

Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in ...

Union and Confederate soldiers formed lines against ... similar to the Brooklyn 14th, wore special uniforms, White said. Sharpshooters wore green tops and bottoms with green hats, according ...