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.
Adult male and female slaves usually dressed in clothing deemed gender appropriate by white society. Thus, men were given pants, women dresses.In the winter, masters generally distributed extra clothing to their slaves. These supplemental items, and others constructed by the slaves themselves, were also different for men and women.For instance, under their skirts women often made and wore pantalets, pant-like items that reached just above the knee.hile men were given knee-length coats to wear during the colder seasons, women received heavy wraps, which they wore as shawls. The picture above, though taken after Emancipation, shows a black man and woman in the gender distinct clothing that they would have worn as slaves.