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**__Cl____othing in the Civil Wa__r**  By Serena Saini = = = = = = = =

Lady's Clothing
 There were two kinds of ladies that lived in the Civil War. There were the wealthy ladies, and there were the common ladies. The wealthier ladies often changed five or six times a day. They had a morning dress, which was plain, a midday dress, which was more elaborate but still plain, a walking dress, which was heavier for the cold weather and comfortable to walk in, and finally an evening dress which was low-cut and party suitable. Their outfits consisted of [|four or five layers]. The first layer was a pair of light cotton pants and a chemise, which is a long shirt. They also wore stockings, which were held up by garters. The second layer was a corset on top and either a hoopskirt, a crinoline, or one or two dark petticoats. The third layer consisted of a petticoat bodice, a corset cover, or a camisole. The fourth layer was a bodice, and a skirt held up with suspenders. The ladies often had a fifth layer for when they were going out, for example they would wear either a shawl or a jacket, gloves or mittens, button up boots, a fan, a bonnet or hat and a bag or purse. They also sometimes carried pocket watch and a handkerchief in their purses. Common women only changed two or three times a day and reserved their nicest dresses for going out into town, visiting people and for Sundays at church. Women believed that a well-respected woman never wore makeup, only tramps did. They did, at times, carry smelling salts in case they would ever faint. The women, wealthy or common, always wore some sort of hat or bonnet, not just for an accessory but also to keep their fair complexion from the sun. Wealthy women wore their hair up in a bun, little girls in curls and teenagers the front up and the back down in curls, because they were neither a woman nor a child.

 

**Union Soldier's Clothing**
[|Union soldiers’] uniforms were made out of wool. The uniform consisted of a dark blue shirt and dark blue pants, which changed to sky blue in 1862. The wool of the uniform was very high quality and kept the soldiers warm in the winter. Unfortunately, it also kept them warm and itchy in the summer, so they were forced to wear cotton shirts and underwear from home underneath their uniforms. They wore shoes called Brogans that laced up over the ankle, and often wore gaiters over to keep their legs dry from the mud, rain, and snow. The hats that they wore were very significant because they represented which regiment that a soldier was in. A soldier had to be quite strong, for they had to carry about thirty to forty pounds of gear everyday

Confederate Soldier's Clothing
 The [|Confederate soldier’s] uniforms were not very official compared to the Union uniforms. They were all homemade and dyed differently. The officers and some soldiers wore grey uniforms. The majority of the uniforms were [|shades of brown and khaki]. The soldiers typically wore short waist jackets and heavy denim pants. Shoes were made in the South and wore down very quickly because of all of the marching that the soldiers had to do from one battlefield to another.The Confederates also carried less equipment than the Union did. They did, however, carry the same equipment as the Union did because they often stole shoes and other pieces of clothing from captured and killed Union soldiers. Taking uniforms from the Union soldiers proved to be dangerous because their fellow soldiers often mistook them for being the other side. It was good also, because they could sneak into the Union camps and spy. The way that the soldiers could distinguish the difference between a soldier and a general is the generals wore eagles on their buttons and the common soldiers didn't.

**Nurse's Clothing** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">[|Dorothea Dix], who was in charge of the female nurses in the north made a strict rule stating that no woman could be nurse if she was under thirty years old. She also said that the nurses had to be plain looking and their dresses’ must be brown or black, nothing fancy. The nurses were not allowed to have curls on their dresses, wear jewelry and absolutely could not wear hoopskirts underneath their dresses. ===<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> ===

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Children's Clothing
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> New clothing for children was hard to find in the South and so most clothes had altered hems that had room for growth. If a child outgrew their clothing, they often got older sibling's older clothing and wore than instead of buying new because it was hard to find. Most parents that that it was fashionable for children to be dresses like little adults, or in the same fashion as their parents. Farm [|boys], wore heavy course and durable clothes and no shoes because they were hard to afford. They also wore pants and jackets that were made of either canvas or denim and cotton shirts, suspenders, woolen vests, and wide-brimmed straw hats to protect their faces from the sun. Wealthier boys, or city boys often would wear loose dark suits, a white dress shirt underneath and bowties. Their jackets were waist length and buttoned at the top. Their shoes were low cut and leather. In warmer weather, they were allowed to were short pants, or shorts. For their hair, it was a must that it was neatly cut, and they often wore silk tall hats or beaver fur hats. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">[|Girls] wore long cotton or linsey woolsey dresses that buttoned all the way up to the throat. They wore simple cotton bonnets to protect their faces from the sun and their had their hair cut until they were nine years old. When they were ten years old, they were allowed to wear their hair up. Wearing their hair up mean that the girl was older and more mature. ===<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> ===

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">Names and Uses of Clothing
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Lady's often wore many layers of different types of clothing to be more fashionable. (see Lady's Clothing) <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Pantalets- made out of cotton, go under dress (bottom half of body) <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Chemise-goes under dress (torso) <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Stockings-go on feet (usually held up by garters) <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Corset-like a chemise, but strapless <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Crinolines-mixture of linen and horsehair, used for stiff petticoats, used tin inflate skirt <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Hoop Skirt- metal shaped skirt under dress to make dress big and poofy <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Jewlery- earings, necklaces, bracelets, rings <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Hats and Bonnets-to cover head from sun, wind, rain and snow <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Hairpieces-accesory <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Caps and Shawls-to keep warm, fashionable <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Purses-to carry accessories <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Petticoat-skirt

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%; line-height: 32px;">Notes:
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">__Ladys Clothing:__ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;"> Mens clothing: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">__UNION UNIFORMS:__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Wore lots of pieces of clothing:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Pantalets-made out cotton, go under dress(bottom half of body)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Chemise-goes under dress (torso)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Stockings-go on feet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Corsets-like a chemise, but strapless
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Crinolines-mixture of linen and horsehair, used for stiff petticoats, used to inflate skirt,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Hoop slips-another skirt under the petticoat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Over slips
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Jewelry-earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Hats and bonnets- to cover head from wind, rain, sun etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Hairpieces-for accessorizing, fashionable
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Capes and shawls-to keep warm, more fashionable than a jacket
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Purses-to carry accessories
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">· Petticoat- the over dress, the dress seen by all
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Wealthy women changed for morning, evening, midday, walks etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Morning dresses were plain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Evening dressers were low cut and party suitable
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Walking dresses more comfortable to walk in
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Working women more to three everyday dresses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">One Sunday dress (very nice, best outfit)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Had certain dresses just for going out or visiting people
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Lady’s also wore ball gowns and day dresses during this time.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">LAYERS:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Layer ONE:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Drawers(pantalets) –linen and trimmed with lace (cotton)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Chemise: long undershirt usually made out of linen
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Stockings help up with garters
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Layer TWO:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Corset
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Crinoline, hoopskirt, or one or two petticoats (dark)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Layer THREE:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Petticoat bodice, corset cover, or camisole
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Layer FOUR:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Bodice,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Skirt(held up with suspenders)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Belt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Slippers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Layer FIVE:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Shawl, jacket
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Gloves or mittens
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Button up boots
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Parasol
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Bonnet or hat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Bag or purse
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Handkerchief
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Fan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Watch pocket
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Well respected ladys never used makeup
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Did carry smelling salts sometimes (for perfume)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Hair and Hats:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Wore hats to keep complection- did not want to get tan or burned at all
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Women (victorian..well off)wore their hair up
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Little girls wore it down in curls
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Teenagers wore the front half up and curls in the back
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Standard civil war hair for grown women were straight middle part combed over ears secured in a bun or chignon in back
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Sometimes put lace net in hair called snood


 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Made up wool
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Dark blue shirt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Four brass buttons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Wool was high-quality
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Warm in winter itchy and hot in the summer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Many men wore cotton shirts and underwear from home under
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cotton was southern product and more scarce during the war but the north still manged to get some
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The pants were also dark blue until 1862 when they were sky blue
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Held up with suspenders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Shoes called brogans laced up over the ankle
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Often wore gaiters to keep legs dry
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The hat was stiff wool had the symbol of the regiment that the man belonged to
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cavalry men wore high boots for riding and a wider hat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Infanrtry men carried muzzle loader guns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Over left shoulder soldier carried box of amo
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Carried pouch of food and water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Extra clothing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Usually carried thirty to forty pounds of gear

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">__Confederate Uniforms:__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Not very official
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Homemade and dyed differently
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Officers and some soldiers wore grey
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Majority wore shades of brown and khaki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Typically wore short waisted jackets
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Heavy cotton denim pants
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cotton shirts and undergarments were sent from family members at home
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Cotton was a southern product but the factories that produced things like cloth and shoes were located in the south
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Shoes made in the south wore down quickly because of all the marching
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Carried less equipment than the union
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Carried equipment that they stole from captured union soldiers such as: shoes and other clothing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The Union uniforms influenced uniforms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Taking uniforms from the Union was proven to be dangerous because their fellow soldiers mistook them for being
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">But __F__also good because can spy on enemy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Generals had eagles on their buttons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">__NURSES CLOTHING:__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Lots of downtown buildings were used as Civil War Hospitals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Dorothea Dix was in Charge of female nurses in the North and said: “ NO woman under thirty years need apply to serve in the government hospitals. All nurses are required to be very plain-looking women. Their dresses must be brown or black with no curls, no jewelry, and no hoop skirts.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">__CHILDREN:__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">New clothing for kids was hard to find in the south
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">most clothes had hems that allowed room for the kids to grow
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Older children gave the younger children their old clothes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Most parents thought that the children should be dressed like little adults
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Farm boys wore heavy course and durable clothes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Pants and jackets were made of canvas or denim fabrics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Also wore cotton shirts, suspenders, woolen vests, wide-brimmed straw hats
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Country boys basically wore no shoes in the summer and lowcut leather boots in the city
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Wealthy boys would wear dark suits(loose) a white dress shirt underneath and bow ties
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Jackets were waist length and buttoned at the top
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">In warm weather boys often wore short pants (shorts)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Neatly cut hair=MUST
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Wore silk tall hats OR fur hats (beaver)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Young men wore short visors
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">__GIRLS__:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Long dresses made of cotton or linsey Woolsey
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Dresses buttoned all the way up to the throat
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Simple cotton bonnets to protect from sun
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Hair cut until nine ten years old
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Wearing hair up meant girl was older and mature
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Dresses were mid calf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Full grown women wore lace corsets but girls used girdle or belt in stead

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