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 Dress for War

The U.S. Civil War began.

Ladies and gentlemen would dress

In finest, each woman and man

To attend a battle address

'Twixt and 'tween Richmond and D.C.

To watch the soldiers, blue and gray,

Perform their battle pageantry

On a warm and bright sunny day.

This dressing up for war did not

Be an occasion lasting long,

As some of the best dressed got shot.

A bullet riddled dress felt wrong.

Now, more casual wear does be

Warn while watching war on T.V.