35035 - "Miss Patty Dunbar" Woman with Patriotic Apron and Parasol, 1861-65 WWII K&C Eighth Army Fix bayonets and ready to

Fix bayonets and ready to offer ‘cold steel’ to the approaching Frenchies

plain-toed oxford-style with white socks

Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army Revolvers on the hip

including many traditional pieces also played in the British Army

Although most ‘overseers’ and ‘foremen’ carried protective weaponry a strong force of the King’s soldiers would also be on hand to provide a kind of ‘military police’ presence on the work site

35035 - "Miss Patty Dunbar" Woman with Patriotic Apron and Parasol, 1861-65 WWII K&C Eighth Army Fix bayonets and ready toMiss Patty Dunbar Woman with Patriotic Apron and Parasol, 1861 65 While most women in the American Civil War did not fight in the battles, they did feel the impact of the war in their daily lives. Women like Miss Dunbar did what they could to support their loved ones off fighting. All over the country women organized into local Soldiers Aid Societies whose goal was to raise supplies, money, and, in general, assist in the war effort. These women would