A Concise Dictionary of Middle English-From A.D. 1150 To 1580. by A. L. Mayhew & Walter W. Skeat. Lordes forbode, it is the Lord's forbidding, PP; Goddes forbode, PP; Godys forbode, S3.AS. forbod. (+For+ 1.) Force, sb. force; forss, B; fors, B; forse, matter, consequence, PP.
At the start of the war, many Confederate soldiers just wore their own clothes into battle. Eventually they settled on a uniform that had a waist length grey coat and light blue trousers. Due to costs and a lack of materials during the war, many Confederate soldiers did not have adequate uniforms.
If yuo look at images of U.S. Army uniforms in the Civil War era, the chevrons used to indicate the ranks of privates, corporals, and sergeants are clearly point-down, like the current British Army's chevrons (but much wider and thinner).hevrons were sewn on the sleeves of uniforms with the point down from approximately 1820 to 1903. They were worn with the points both up and down between 1903 and 1905 after the first reversal from down to up was authorized on May 1, 1903 in Army Regulation number 622.