Fannie & Vera's Site for New Civilians

Gallery of Homemade Garments

Updated July 6, 2003

On these pages you will view many types of civilian garments in use at Civil War Reenactments.  All of these garments have been homemade or acquired at low cost.  Just click on the thumbnail photos for a closer look.

A soldier's wife in day dress with her work basket

Two young ladies in their new gowns, ready to attend the Ball

A fine young lady in day dress (a combination dress, see this dress with ball gown bodice in the picture above!)

A lovely bride blushingly awaits the wedding ceremony

The bride dress (pictured above) remade into a ball gown

The enchanting Miss Vera in her Ball Gown 

A company cook washes up

A servant scrubs pots and pans

A civilian couple enjoy a train ride through wooded mountains

A young lady in a Zouave styled gown