Genie the Genealogist - HOW DID CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS REPAIR THEIR UNIFORMS? THE ANSWER -- THEY USED A HOUSEWIFE (A SEWING KIT) Housewives were made by mothers, sisters, wives, sweethearts, and other
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CIVIL WAR SEWING KIT OR “HOUSEWIFE” OF CHARLES E. DEARING 16th MAINE, CAPTURED AT GETTYBURG — Horse Soldier
Civil War Soldier's Sewing Kit "Housewife" with dated needles and Eagle buttons - Yankee Rebel Antiques
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