At the start of the Civil War, the militia units that largely made up the Union and Confederate armies wore a variety of uniforms. Both sides soon established regulation uniforms, such as the Union blue and Confederate gray examples shown here. But certain regiments called <I>zouaves</I> wore distinctive Oriental-style uniforms throughout the war.
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World Book illustration by H. Charles McBarron, Jr.</P>
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