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This lot of 15 patterns is great for the aspiring re-enactor. There is even a corset kit to make your own corset. The following patterns are included in this lot: Simplicity "The Fashion Historian" Dress #9761 - this pattern is new and has not been cut. Size 14,16,18,20. Past Patterns #701 1850-1860 Gathered Bodice - this pattern has been cut. Sizes 10-18 (has been cut to size 18 so can be cut smaller). Period Impressions #403 Tea Bodice - this pattern has been cut and appears to be missing some pattern pieces. Sizes 12,14,16. Period Impressions #603 Overskirts - this pattern does not appear to have been cut. Period Impressions #504 Lady's Chemise - this pattern has not been cut. Sizes 12,14,16. Period Impressions #405 Day Bodice - this pattern has been cut to size 18. Sizes 18,20,22. Period Impressions #501 Corset Cover - this pattern has not been cut. Sizes 18,20,22. Period Impressions #604 Cartridge Pleat Skirt - this pattern has not been cut. Sizes 18,20,22. Past Pattern #002 Chemises - this pattern has not been cut. Sizes 10,12,14,16,18,20. Period Impressions #445 1837's Day Dress - this pattern has been cut to size 22. Sizes 18,20,22. Heidi Marsh Evening Dress - this pattern is based on the original pictures and diagram found in Godey's Lady's Book, 1859. This pattern has been cut. Heidi Marsh Bloomers - parts of this pattern have been cut to size large. Sizes S,M,L. Past Patterns #708 1845-1860 Corset - this pattern includes the material, boning and busk needed to make your own corset. Heidi Marsh Open Zouave Jacket circa 1862 - this pattern has been cut to size 18. Sizes 16,18. Heidi Marsh Polonaise Traveling Dress - this pattern has not been cut. Sizes 12,14.
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Is the Union voluntary or an agreement with no escape route? Setting the tone, John M. Taylor leads off by noting the travails of a respected ancestor. Major questions in America are explored, including differing views of the meaning of union. Though numerous issues led to war, most modern establishment historians generalize everything down to one. Pre-war and post-war years are largely ignored, trivialized, or sanitized. Protectionist Whigs and other big government advocates created the centralizing vehicle-the Republican Party-to accomplish their goals. In 1860, they selected Abraham Lincoln to implement the agenda. Taylor shows how Lincoln and the Radical Republicans planted the seeds of leviathan we witness today. Available in hardback or paperback.
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TWO COPIES AVAILABLE! Hardbound. 404 pages. Excellent condition. Born in New Jersey in 1818, a graduate of West Point in 1843, Samuel French won distinction in the Mexican war as a lieutenant of light artillery. At Palo Alto, Resaca, Monterey and Buena Vista he was actively engaged, receiving two brevets for gallantry in action and a serious wound at Buena Vista. But with the coming of the great civil war his narrative takes on a sterner interest. French was of Northern birth, but it is plain that the South had not a more devoted adherent. Commissioned a brigadier general in the provisional army of the Confederate States in October 1861, French served in various capacities with zeal and efficiency until his appointment as major general to command a division of the army under Gen. J.E. Johnston. A very interesting read!
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The commander of the three-hundred-wagon Union supply train never expected a large ragtag group of Texans and Native Americans to attack during the dark of night. But Brigadier Generals Richard Gano and Stand Watie defeated the unsuspecting Federals in the early morning hours of September 19, 1864, at Cabin Creek in the Cherokee nation. The legendary Watie, the only Native American general on either side, planned details of the raid for months. His preparation paid off--the Confederate troops captured wagons with supplies that would be worth more than $75 million today.
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Excellent condition. Has a handwritten inscription on inside front cover. ONLY ONE AVAILABLE! Old Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment CSA June 1861-April 1865 is a detailed history of a Confederate regiment during the Civil War. It includes first-hand accounts of battles, as well as information about the daily life of soldiers during the war. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the Civil War or military history in general.