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I'll post links to quilts actually made during the Civil War or made later to commemorate the war and the veterans.
Flying Geese quilt probably post Civil War but strips on the back include Civil-War print. Collection: Scwhenkfelder Library & Heritage Center.
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A crazy quilt from the 1920s featuring ribbons from Michigan Union veteran organizations
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A possible Confederate quilt with the image of the Confederate shield with three stripes.
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Sujata Shah Such an interesting block!
Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project found this 1890 quilt with many Union veterans' images and portraits of Lincoln, Lee, Washington & Jefferson. Quilt Index photo.
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Attributed to Samantha Selleck, about 1860. Collection-Connecticut Historical Society.
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Another sampler with a shield & flags, this one from the Quilt Index and the Connecticut Quilt Project.
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A quilt buried with the silver to keep it from being stolen.
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Barbara Trent Glad it was saved!
Susan Rodger's applique sampler features several Union symbols, collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Tattered quilt from Peterson's Magazine 1861 pattern, on Quilt History Reports from Karen Alexander.
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Nancy Gibson Oh so sad!
Quilt discovered in West Virginia Heritage Quilt Project, inscribed "Free and unfettered our Eagle shall soar. The reign of oppression forever is o'er." Quilt Index.
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A sampler from Bedford New York sold at Skinner Auctions.
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Martha McFeely Fry quilt with flags and word "Union", estimated date 1861-65. Collection Indiana State Museum.
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Signature quilt dated 1864, Rahway, N.J. Note the Civil War sentiment "'United We Stand." Laura Fisher Quilts.
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Signature quilt by Adeline Harris Sears. Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read more here: www.metmuseum.org...
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A twin to the Brick Store Museum's quilt made by the Portland Ladies Soldiers Society, this one in Mystic Seaport Museum.
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Colts & Quilts: The Civil War Remembered, an exhibit at the Wadsworth Atheneum
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Made by Humboldt County Ladies Social Circle of Eureka, CA, auctioned at a fair---Collection Clarke Memorial Museum (picture is upside down.)
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Sanitary Commission Quilt with stamp, collection Wadsworth Athenaeum. Click on context to see all pictures.
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The Secession Quilt by Jemima Cook of S.C. has words 1860 and Secession quilted in. See Orlofsky for more information
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Sampler by Dorothea Klein Lemley, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, blocks 1861-1865, possibly assembled later, from my book Civil War Women.
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Diane Schneck I love those little stick flags!
Quilt with central block dated 1863 (probably finished later) from Cowan's Auctions.
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Album Quilt, dated 1864 by Mary Nevins Potter and others, Pottersville, NJ---collection Newark Museum.
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Fundraiser for GAR made in LaCygne, Kansas---collection Kansas Museum of History.
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“G.A.R Feathered Star,” photo of quilt from Illinois Quilt Research Project, Plate 41
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Signature quilt with names and companies of CW veterans, dated 1885-6, Athens, Michigan---collection Michigan Historical Museum. Quilt Index.
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Signature quilt by Women's Auxiliary of the GAR, dated 1894, Mancelona, Michigan---collection Michigan State University Museum.
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Flag Quilt with 34 stars, about 1861-1864, recorded by The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey. Quilt Index.
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Basket quilt by Mary High Prince, Tennessee, dated 1863, recorded by Quilts of Tennessee, Quilt Index.
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Secession quilt by Mrs. Green McPhearson, 1861---collection Historic Arkansas Museum
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Quilt by Margaret Dodge made from 1861 pattern in Peterson's Magazine---collection DAR Museum.
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Nancy Gibson I feel like this quilt is my baby, along with the other one. I secured the donation when I was curator at DAR.
Bedcover by Margaret Dodge about 1864, possibly made for the Sanitary Commission---collecton DAR Museum.
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Ohio Star signature quilt, dated 1880- 1881, by Sarah F. Gallup, Leominster, Massachusetts to benefit the Grand Army of the Republic, Quilt Index.
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Sampler quilt made for Tarrytown Sanitary Fair, 1864, from the Connecticut Quilt Search in the Quilt Index.
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Sampler quilt by Lucinda Ward Honstain, New York, dated 1867, featuring portraits of Jefferson Davis and daughter---collection International Quilt Study Center and Museum.
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Christine Thiessen Beautiful.
Veteran's Memorial Quilt, dated 1893---collection McCord Museum.
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Grand Army of the Republic quilt presented to Amanda G. St. John, Ohio, 1884, listing the names, companies, and regiments of nearly 300 Ohio Civil War soldiers---private collection.
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Autograph quilt signed by veterans for Clara Barton, about 1875---collection Clara Barton Birthplace Museum.
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Quilt raffled at the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair in 1864, St. Louis---collection Missouri Historical Museum.
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Quilt celebrating the Grand Army of the Republic (Union Vets Organization) about 1890---collection Bradford Historical Society, Michigan.
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Quilt with blocks individually quilted and bound, thought to be made for a Soldier's Aid Society, shown at exhibit at the New England Quilt Museum, 2011.
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Crazy quilt with Kentucky's Orphan Brigade ribbons dated 1888, Henry County, Kentucky.
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Civil War Quilt made by the Ladies Aid Society, Portland, Maine, about 1864---Collection Brick Store Museum, Kennebunck, Maine.
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Quilt commemorating the Confederacy by Varina Davis, about 1880---collection of the Museum of the Confederacy.
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Quilt made of Mary Todd Lincoln's dress fabrics by Elizabeth Keckley, about 1870---Collection Kent State Fashion Museum
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Sampler quilt by Jane A. Stickle, dated 1863---collection Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont.
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Signature quilt by Cornelia Dow and others, 1864, Portland, Maine---private collection.
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Alabama Gunboat Quilt by Martha Jane Hatter, Alabama, made to raise funds for Southern Navy ships---collection Birmingham Museum of Art.
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Quilt made by Ladies' Aid Society, 1864, Belfast, Maine---collection Belfast Historical Society.
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Autograph quilt made in 1864 as a fundraiser for the Sanitary Commission---collection Ford's Theater Museum.
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