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Civil War Laundress - MaddieM - 11-10-2014 05:43 AM
An interesting site about the Civil War Laundress. It must have been back breaking work. I wonder how many soldiers actually paid to keep clean.
http://laundry.about.com/od/laundrybasics/a/Laundry-During-The-Civil-War-The-Civil-War-Laundress.htm
RE: Civil War Laundress - HerbS - 11-10-2014 06:17 AM
From the diaries I read,$$$ was scarce for the troops.My great-grandfather was a POW in Texas,and survived,he stated,"you died in the clothes you came in with"! More soldiers died of filth and disease,than of gunshots in the civil war.