During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States, one place remained whole: a symbol of America's early promise and future hope. Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George ...

In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements.

Strategically, the Eastern Theater was arguably the most important battleground of the Civil War; comprising the states of Virginia ... did not share a common uniform or pattern of speech.