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In our continued Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War we present a sneak preview of our Curator Lecture Series: All Indifferently Clad.
Grahame Long discusses the Gibson Uniform (with bullet hole), Phillips Uniform, and Robinson Uniform from our current exhibit Threads of War.
Event
Curator Lecture Series: All Indifferently Clad: Confederate Uniforms in The Charleston Museum’s Collections
February 23, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Curator of history, Grahame Long, will discuss 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. learn more
Learn more about the Sesquicentennial Commemoration at The Charleston Museum
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