bluecoats
Northern Civil War troops
Bluecoats is a historical term for soldiers wearing blue uniforms, most often Union troops during the American Civil War: The bluecoats advanced on the Confederate position.
The term also referred to police officers, whose uniforms were traditionally blue.
Both uses are now dated, appearing mainly in historical contexts or period fiction.
Organized law enforcement body
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
- officersThose holding authority
- patrolmenOfficers who walk beats
- copsInformal term for police
bobbies · gendarmerie · troopers · sheriffs · deputies · detectives · inspectors · sergeants
Named political entity
- YankeesNew York baseball franchise
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
- Antietam1862 Maryland engagement
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
infantry · cavalry · artillery · Lincoln · Grant · Sherman · Appomattox · Reconstruction
Marching band percussionists
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- percussionSound through impact
- woodwindsInstruments played by blowing
- field showMarching band performance
halftime · corps · drill · choreography · fanfare · cadence · conductor · baton
constabulary
Organized law enforcement body
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
- officersThose holding authority
- patrolmenOfficers who walk beats
cops · bobbies · gendarmerie · troopers · sheriffs · deputies · detectives · inspectors · sergeants · beat cops
Union
Named political entity
- YankeesNew York baseball franchise
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
- Antietam1862 Maryland engagement
Confederacy · infantry · cavalry · artillery · Lincoln · Grant · Sherman · Appomattox · Reconstruction · muskets
drumline
Marching band percussionists
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- percussionSound through impact
- woodwindsInstruments played by blowing
field show · halftime · corps · drill · choreography · fanfare · cadence · conductor · baton · rehearsal
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- infantryfoot soldiers, foot soldier, rifleman, riflemen, infantryman
- Union ArmyUnion Army, federal troops, Army of the Potomac, regulars, infantry regiments
bluecoatsJohnny Reb
Confederate enlisted man
Confederate soldiers · gray uniforms · Rebs · butternut · Confederate Army