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
1. Civil Rights. The Southern Black Codes defined the rights of freedmen. They mainly restricted their rights. But the codes did grant black persons a few more civil rights than they possessed before the Civil War.any Northerners saw these codes as blatant attempts to restore slavery. Five days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was shot. He died on April 15, 1865, and Vice President Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency. The task of reuniting the nation fell on his shoulders.