Go to interactive Flash version UndergarmentsĪll men who enlisted were issued one pair of drawers per year. In the later years of the Civil War the dress code was not as strictly enforced. Anyone found in violation was made to pay a fine. A dress code for all soldiers was strictly enforced except when they were on the battlefield. For the most part they were sewn on treadle sewing machines, although some shirts were hand sewn and some of the finish work on the uniforms was done by hand. Companies that had contracts with the government made the uniforms. Officers were expected to purchase their own and had to make sure that they met strict military requirements. Soldiers, except for officers were issued uniforms. In the north a certain number of men between the ages of 18-45 from each community were drafted into the Union army. E-Postcards | Chronologies Turns ActivitiesĪ Union Soldier's Uniform from the Civil War, around 1865
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