The uniform coat pictured here is part of the Society’s Civil War collection. It is a single-breasted navy blue Union captain’s frock coat, with sky blue piping indicating that the wearer ...

The Civil War dyad of blue and gray has become ... The Zouave-style uniform can be a shock to anyone expecting the navy blue or the heather gray of history books. Those uniforms were clearly ...

wearing a reproduction of a Union Navy chaplain’s uniform. Campbell, 66, said he’s one of two ordained chaplains for Michigan’s 3,500 Civil War reenactors. He also has a Confederate chaplain ...

who was wearing the uniform of the Washington Artillery despite being forbidden to enlist as a soldier. He was also bleeding from a wound on his head, the first blood shed in the Civil War up ...