Do to the recent passing of our loved battery commander Mr. Newkerk , We have chosen to do this post in his honer. Our hearts go out to his family and to all of our reenacter family.
For this post we have chosen to cover the topic of death and funerals in the civil war.
How meny died in the war?
620,000 combined from both the north and south.
mourning traditions
men:
men were expected to wear ribbons or rosettes, they were only expected to mourn for 3 months.
women:
women were expected to be in mourning for 2 and half years. eminently after the passing of s husband a wife would dress in heavy black gowns with a black vail covering her face.
funeral jewelry was also very common.
Most funral jewelry was made of hair.
one of the more common practices was posing for photos with loved ones that had passed sometimes making them look alive,
For this post we have chosen to cover the topic of death and funerals in the civil war.
How meny died in the war?
620,000 combined from both the north and south.
mourning traditions
men:
men were expected to wear ribbons or rosettes, they were only expected to mourn for 3 months.
women:
women were expected to be in mourning for 2 and half years. eminently after the passing of s husband a wife would dress in heavy black gowns with a black vail covering her face.
funeral jewelry was also very common.
Most funral jewelry was made of hair.
one of the more common practices was posing for photos with loved ones that had passed sometimes making them look alive,
We send our deepest sympathy to the family.
- Jade- and - corporal-
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