Inside the Fort Commander's house I tell as Liberetta Lerich Green, whose brothers mustered out of Fort Wayne in the 5th Infantry, while she joined her parents operating the family's Underground Railway Station in Shelby Township just outside Utica. With me are Elise Parker as Sarah Edmonds, who served as a soldier, spy, and nurse and also Trish Moss as Governor Blair's wife (with a doozie of a story about Custer!)
Mentioning Greenfield Village, a friend took several photos there worth sharing of one of my Civil War era dresses. Back on September 20th of last year I discussed the issue of Slave Cotton and how it was a factor in the Civil War. This is one of those Civil War era dresses. While the others were shown then with a hoop, I showed how this particular dress would look without one (and why the fashion wasn't always followed.)
Here are some photos Jackie Salter took of me, this time with hoop skirt, around Greenfield Village, including with some of my Historic Fort Wayne Coalition friends. (We talked Jackie into a brief walk-through in the second to last photo here. Such fun!)
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| Looks like a Rogue's Gallery |
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| Who was that soldier boy? |
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| Have a great summer and be sure to include storytelling! |
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