Southern Ladies' Civil War & Antebellum Fashions 1855-1865

Mitchell, Sarah E.

Southern Ladies' Civil War and Antebellum Fashions 1855–1865 contains historically accurate descriptions of clothing, shoes, and undergarments worn by Southern women from 1855 to 1865, and a look at the ways that Southern women ingeniously kept themselves clothed and shod during the hard days of the Civil War. Sources include newspapers, magazines, letters, and diaries from the period. The book contains 11,758 words and 132 endnotes and is illustrated with 34 black-and-white sketches, fashion drawings, and photographs from the era.

37 pages; 2005.