medical Definition of cephalocaudal : proceeding or occurring in the long axis of the body especially in the direction from head to tail cephalocaudal development The fat loss occurs during childhood or adolescence, affecting the face, neck, arms, thorax, and upper abdomen in a cephalocaudal fashion.âAbhimanyu Garg, The New England Journal of Medicine, 18 Mar. 2004.
This resulted in a confusing variety of styles and colors on both sides. Over time, blue became the official color for the North and gray for the Confederate uniforms. On this page: Union Uniforms; Confederate Uniforms; Books on the Civil War; Links to other sites on the Civil War
American Civil War-civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865. United States Civil War, War between the States. battle of Atlanta, Atlanta-a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864.