US Military: We used to have awesome regional and cultural regiments with unique histories and uniforms. Why did these get assimilated into one standard?

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I believe the thread you might be looking for is this one:

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/17v4jz/when_did_the_us_military_switch_from_state_units/

Sorry if I'm wrong.