Remembering the Civil War through quilting

Abstract

Quilting was a popular pastime during the Civil War era. Relief organizations such as the United States Sanitary Commission capitalized on this fact and sent out national requests for quilts to be made to give to soldiers. The few surviving quilts help to tell the story of the people history forgot, the women on the homestead keeping the country running while the men were at war. This project cumulates in the creation of a quilt based on traditional quilt patterns from the Civil War.