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The following are links to pages and articles for information and research. The Red Petticoat does not make any claims to ownership or association to the articles or sites listed. If your article has been added and you would like it removed please contact me.
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The Grand Illusion - By Diana Young. What are the five types of civil war reenactors and which set do you fit into? Originally published in "Yesterday's Lady Vol. 2 No.1 May/June 1997"
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By John A. Braden. A very detailed article on period spectacles. |
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Very informative article about the small number of button hole sewing machines. |
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By Chris Sullivan. Article originally written for soldiers with the assumption that being a man is synonomous with being sewing illiterate. |
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By Chris Sullivan. Another informative How-To article from Mr. Sullivan. |
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By Bob Sullivan. Paper, pencils, and pens of the 19th century. |
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By Bob Sullivan. From quills and nibs to writing styles. |
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By Bob Sullivan. Illistrated examples of Spencerian handwriting and much more information. |
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What's Wrong With This Picture? Well, Hair It Is!
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By Jon Isaacson. Complete with recipes for hair additives of the period. This article originally appeared in the June/July, 1995 issue of The Citizens' Companion ( Vol. II, No. 2 ) |
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By Robert A. Braun. Originally written for soldiers, but it includes references to civilian tableware so we thought we would add it. |
Culture and Politics
An online exhibition on Women, Sexuality, and Murder in 19th Century America. |
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Complete manuscript on women's roles in the society of the 1860's. Very opinionated! Very Feminist! Published 1864. By Madame [Jenny P.] d'Hericourt |
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A Cyclopedia of Woman's Work. Published in 1863. By Virginia Penny. |
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A series of articles pertaining to men and women, work and wages of the period. Published in 1869. By Virginia Penny. |
Etiquette
Manual of Etiquette With Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding |
Complete 19th century manuscript on etiquette by Daisy Eyebright. |
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Web page including articles on period etiquette. |
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Complete manuscript of an 1860 publication on ettiquette. |
Diaries,Journals,and First Person Narratives
Collection of online civil war manuscripts and texts. Don't miss this site. Whatever you're researching.... there is a good chance they have a period reference for you. |
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Complete book by Isabella L. Bishop published in 1856 about an Englishwomen's views of American culture in the period. Every page of this original book has been scanned from front to back. (Even the blank ones!) |
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List of Women's diaries from the period and the libraries at which they can be found. |
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Memoirs of Mrs Clay of Alabama, covering Social and Political Life in Washington and the South, 1853-66. Put into narrative form by Ada Sterling.Very informative book covering a variety of information and pictures about the higher and lower social circles before and during the war. |
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Comprising the adventures and experiences of a woman in hospitals, camps and battlefields. By S. Emma E. Edmunds. Published in 1865. |
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