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Civil War Soldiers and Their Quilts
November 4, 2017 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Quilts played an important role in the lives of Civil War soldiers and their families on the home front.
Join National Museum of Civil War Medicine volunteer and textile historian Mavis Slawson in the Delaplaine-Randall Conference Room to discuss how quilts were important to Civil War soldiers in many ways, used for camping in the field, as saddle blankets, tablecloths, and myriad other purposes on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 2:30 PM.
At the time of the Civil War, “quilt” was used as a term for almost any bed covering, but making true quilts involved much time and work. In the first year of the Civil War, more than one million men answered the call to arms. Sewing women also responded to this call.
Mavis will discuss what happened to their quilts and also how injured soldiers created quilts for themselves while in hospitals.
The talk is included with admission to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and is FREE for Museum members.
