Civil War Uniforms - Grahame Long pt 01

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Curator of history, Grahame Long, discusses the uniforms preserved within the collections of The Charleston Museum and how they reflected the needs, means, and, in some cases, priorities of the individual soldier who wore them. Early war uniforms frequently incorporated ostentatious and non-functional ceremonial elements, but, as the war dragged on, concerns for appearance quickly fell away and these aspects were discarded. With the Confederacy struggling to supply its soldiers, bare necessity determined the attire. By war's end, preferences concerning uniforms had drastically shifted so that merely having a shirt and trousers was fortunate, a coat in the colder months was a gift, and shoes an all out luxury.

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Education

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• Charleston Museum
• Civil War
• Uniforms
• Sesquicentennial