Civil War Women

North and South, black and white - the story of the War Between the States is embedded in the soul of every American. In her second book on quilts and the Civil War, Barbara Brackman introduces 9 women who lived during those turbulent times, matching each woman to a quilt that she might have made herself.

- 9 projects adapted from period quilts, with patterns and instructions
- Excellent reference book for Civil War re-enactors; offers creative activities related to each woman's story
- Fascinating information about 9 real-life American women and their experiences during the Civil War, from abolitionist speaker Lucy Stone to freed slave Susie Taylor King to Confederate spy Belle Edmondson
- Make a reproduction quilt and forge a personal link to the women of the Civil War!