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What does the name graybacks refer to as it was used by troops from both sides in the civil war?
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∙ 13y ago
In war, enemy soldiers are given nicknames. Graybacks was the Union nickname for Confederate soldiers because of their gray uniforms, just as British soldiers were called redcoats because of their red uniforms.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoIn California during the goldrush, which is the same time period, graybacks are a kind of body lice or bed bugs that plagued miners.
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Did the Civil War or the Mexican war come first?
The Mexican War preceded the Civil War. Many of the Officers and Troops on both the Union and Confederate sides received their combat experience during the Mexican War.
What happened in the civil war?
At the immediate beginning of the Civil War in April of 1861, Southern troops occupied Charleston Harbor's Fort Sumter, which had been bombarded into submission. Soon after, more states seceded from the Union, troops were raised and trained by both sides, skirmishes took place between small contingents of civilians and troops, and then, on July 21st of 1861, the war's first large-scale battle took place, the First Battle of Bull Run (or, First Manassas).
What were the two opposing sides during the US Civil Wars?
the two sides during the US civil war were the union (North) and the confederacy (south)
What advantages did both sides of the civil war have?
Great Generals
During the civil war which side was Delaware on?
The North. It was one of the border-states that Lincoln was especially keen to keep loyal, and he allowed them to continue practising slavery for the time being. Delaware supplied troops to both sides, but it did not actually secede, and that was the crucial thing.
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Both sides successfully called for volunteers
What was an American conflict in which troops on both sides wore flat caps caps?
The Civil War
In what American armed conflict did troops on both sides wear flat caps?
American Civil War
What is the American armed conflict in which troops on both sides wore flat caps called kepas?
civil war
American armed conflict in which troops on both sides wore caps called kepis?
American civil war
American armed conflicted in which troops on both sides wore flat caps called kepis?
American civil war
What game did the union during the civil war play that is very popular now?
The troops on both sides played a lot of baseball.
What American armed conflict in which troops on both sides wore flat caps called kepis?
America 's Civil War
What was the American armed conflict in which both troops on both sides wore flat caps called kepis?
They were called the Cats
Why was control of rivers important in the civil war?
Rivers were an important means of transportation. Whoever controlled the rivers could ship troops and supplies where they liked.
Did the Civil War or the Mexican war come first?
The Mexican War preceded the Civil War. Many of the Officers and Troops on both the Union and Confederate sides received their combat experience during the Mexican War.
In what American armed conflict did troops on both sides wear flat caps called kepis?
During the American Civil War many soldier wore kepis.
