Blue and the Gray

Cultural  

1. The Union and Confederate armies in the Civil War. The Union army wore blue uniforms; the Confederate army wore gray.

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Example Sentences

The actor has moved north to Gettysburg, Pa., for his next role, in The Blue and the Gray, an eight-hour CBS TV mini-series to be aired next March.

From Time Magazine Archive

Civil War fans got their richest informal serving in years in Henry Steele Commager's The Blue and the Gray, a feast of documentary evidence from actual participants on both sides, military and civilian.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Blue and the Gray offers strong supporting evidence.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Within the Enemy's Lines" is the second volume of "The Blue and the Gray Series."

From Within The Enemy's Lines by Optic, Oliver

I have written a great many songs, among them "The Blue and the Gray," "Good old Days of Yore," and some others that I cannot remember now.

From Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul by Moore, Frank