SOUTHERN LADIES' CIVIL WAR AND ANTEBELLUM FASHIONS 1855-1865

By SARAH E. MITCHELL

Subjects: Southern, Confederacy, Confederate, Clothing history, Civil War, Fashion history, Plantation Life

Description: 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.