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A Soldier and His Housewife
We’ve all seen them behind plexiglass in countless museums. Strips of fabric sewn together, complete with pockets and flaps to hold sewing notions like spools of thread, needles, and spare buttons. Housewives, as they were called, were as varied and … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Material Culture
Tagged 1st Alabama Heavy Artillery Battalion, 2nd North Carolina, 43rd Mississippi, Atlanta History Museum, Captain Columbus Sykes, Darning, Fort Morgan, Housewife, I.H. Bennett, Major James T. Gee, Material Culture, Mending, Museum artifacts, sewing, soldier life, Texas Civil War Museum, University of West Florida Historic Trust
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