I did some research on Confederate Civil War uniforms so I can make this colorization as accurate as possible. Here is what I learned:

1) The Confederacy didn’t have really have standardized uniforms. Officers were also required to purchased their own so in many cases, they were individualized

2) The only thing that was standardize on the uniforms was the rank, the color of the collar and insignias. This varied of course from rank, unit and occupation.

3) Buster is wearing a Lt. Colonel’s uniform and not a General uniform. The General uniform would have three stars and a wreath around it. The blue collar represents that he is in the infantry. His hat is a generic officer’s hat.

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Buster Keaton, The General (1926)

A still view, which does not appear in the movie, shows Keaton sitting on the tender of the locomotive which fell through the burning (and purposely weakened) trestle during the Civil War battle scene near the end of the film. 

Filmed on a narrow gauge logging railroad near Cottage Grove, Oregon the movie was an expensive flop at the box office when it was first released. Decades later, the qualities of the movie were finally recognized.

In addition to seeing Keaton doing his own stunts, the viewer is shown historically interesting hardware and techniques used in late 1800s railroading in the US. Several interesting ‘lessons’ about the momentum of railroad equipment are also there to ponder.

(via thenormadesmond)