Women and Groups
- Image: Early to mid 1860s - This woman has a classic hairstyle. A slightly standing collar indicates a later date, and she wears a brooch, a common decoration at the throat.(Marc Hermann)
- Image: c.1860 - The ribbon at this woman's throat is an example of a popular trim, used by women of all ages. It was pinned or sewn to the dress, and could come in many colors, even stripes and polka-dots.(Circa Bellum)
- Image: c. 1860 - Leg'O'Mutton sleeves, as in this example, were not often used in the 60s. Small medallions, or cockades, decorate the front of her darted bodice. (Circa Bellum)
- Image: c.1860s - This woman may be in half mourning. According to Stephanie T, cotton dresses were cheap alternatives for the latter stages of mourning.
- Image: c. 1860 - This girl is wearing a beaded hairnet, something seen on younger, more stylish women. (Robert Brown)
- Image: c. 1860 - This woman holds a folding fan. She is wearing black lace mitts, a style uncommon by the war years for all but older women.
- Image: Early to mid 1860s - The geometric cuff trim on this woman's dress is an example of a popular element of 1860's style, inspired by military design. (Circa Bellum)
- Image: c. 1860 - The ruffles and pagoda sleeves of this dress indicate an old-fashioned, but well-off style. Notice the parasol she holds. (Courtesy of Robert Brown)
- Image: c. 1862 - Black was a common fashion color, not just for use in mourning. Colors in CDVs can be deceiving: orange tones look black and blue looks white.(Marc Hermann)
- Image: c. 1860 - A Double row of buttons up the front of dresses was a common trim. Also note the ruched headband attached to a hairnet. (Robert Brown)
- Image: mid 1860s - The box pleats on this girl's dress date it as a slightly late-war style. The dark wool fabric is a practical choice for an everyday dress. (Circa Bellum)
- Image: c. 1865 - An amazing CDV of bathers, two men and two women on the beach. All are wearing wool suits and straw hats.
- Image: c. 1863-65 - "Mrs John Simpson" is wearing a large spoon bonnet, with the ribbons untied. She has a wool paisley shawl draped over her shoulders, and carries a parasol. Her dress, probably silk, is decorated with black buttons to the floor. (Circa Bellum)
- Image: c. 1862-65 - Two women, the younger one wearing a long coat and holding a hat, and the older wearing a hip-length jacket.
- Image: c. 1865 - The slightly rising collar, horizontal stripes on the chest, wide belt, box pleated skirt, and hair pulled upwards off the face and tightly, all indicate a later date. .(Marc Hermann)
- Image: c.1860-65 - A woman wearing a hairnet (barely visible, but it's there)
- Image: c. 1862-65 - Kate E. Perry wears a dress made of silk or fine wool decorated with ruching, a cap or decorated hairnet, and a very narrow white collar, finished with a brooch. She has a watch tucked into her belt.
- Image: c. 1858-60 - This woman's dress incorporates many aspects of late 1850's fashion. Wide hair dressed high and over the ears, a wide white collar, a sheer shaped mantle, and a ruffled skirt.
- Image: c. 1864-66 - The skirt of this woman has been concentrated at the back, showing the elliptical shape in fashion just as the war was ending.
- Image: c. 1862-64 - This woman wears a dark silk dress, with a tightly darted bodice and a waistband (or belt). Note the way the collar rests on top of the dress. It appears to have been simply pinned on top, perhaps with the brooch.
- Image: c. 1861-65 - This woman holds a pocketwatch, which is attached to a cord. Her collar appears to be crocheted or knit. She wears a double layer silk bow at the throat.
- Image: c. 1862-65 - Port Jervis, NY This woman appears to be in her late 20s. She wears a white bodice, with a silk tafeta skirt, a jacket, and a waist hung with tassels. Notice the edge of her jacket peeking above the top of the separate white collar.
- Image: c. 1862-65 - Eliza E. Knight. Port Jervis, NY This young woman wears her hair rolled tightly back, probably over rats or articificial hair. Her collar is dark, possibly indicating a lower stage of mourning.
- Image: c. 1860-65 - Port Jervis, NY This middle-aged woman wears a figured silk dress, with an unusual ruffled standing collar.
- Image: c. 1858-60 - This woman's hairstyle- high in back with curls left loose in front- and her wide ruffled collar indicate an early date.
- Image: c.1860-65 - Newark, NJ Notice how this woman's collar extends past center fronts, to give the appearance of being unbroken. The collar is closed with a small pin.
- Image: c. 1863-66 - Emma S. Worth This young woman wears her hair in a net, a pointed bodice with full sleeves, and a striped ribbon. The trim on her bodice gives the appearance of a vest- a fad at the time.
- Image: c.1863-66 - The old woman wears a simple dress with an old-styled bodice (pleats coming from the shoulders). The girl wears a striped dress over a hoop and her skirt is tucked.
- Image: c.1863-66 - Newton, NJ This woman's dress is trimmed with bands of velvet ribbon.
- Image: c. 1864-67 - Mrs Caroline, Hedges wife. Her dress is pleated flat in the front, probably a post-war image. Sleeves are bishop, pleated at the armscye and trimmed slightly near the cuff.
- Image: c.1864-67 - Philadelphia, PA This woman's dress is trimmed with cord. She has a pocketwatch tucked into her belt.
- Image: c.1863-65 - (Courtesy of Laura Harding) This woman has short hair, center parted. She also wears fancy wristlets or undersleeves, and a belt hooked in the center.
- Image: c. 1865 - Tintype (Courtesy of Alison H.) Emily Perdue. Her bodice is trimmed in a horizontal line common at the end of and after the war.
- Image: c. 18?? - Tintype
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Children
- Image: c. 1860 - This girl is wearing a rather stylish dress trimmed profusely with soutache braid. This type of decoration was very popular, and patterns for braiding can be found in many Godey's and other women's magazines of the time. The wide neckline is bound with a narrow self-fabric bias strip, holding the fullness of the bodice and sleeves in.
- Image: c.1865 - Ida Long. Ida is wearing a plaid silk dress in a style common for girls ages 3-15. The bodice has a narrow yoke, with fullness taen up around the midsection by pleating and secured in a waistband.. Sleeves are simple coat sleeves, pleated slightly at the top. The cuffs are decorated with a dark coloured braid, and the neckhole and cuffs seem to be finished with evry narrow lace. The hem of her long skirt is bound with braid. Her hair is short and practical, the most common hairstyle for girls at the time.
- Image: c. 1860 - This girl is wearing a crinoline to hold out her skirt. Crinolines were not manditory in the dress of little girls, however, many mothers did have their daughters wear them. (courtesy of Robert Brown)
- Image: c. 1860 - The striped ribbon on this girl's dress is an example of what was then a popular style. Her cotton dress falls to her ankles, a length suitable for girls in their early teens. (Robert Brown)
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- Image: mid 1860s - These two brothers are wearing matching trouser-suits. Trouser cuffs could be tucked into the socks, as in this picture, or left hanging loose.
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Men
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