tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post2025496980784836886..comments2024-03-28T22:11:05.593-05:00Comments on Civil War Quilts: Quilts "In War Time" #2: King CottonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-15493760061492407342018-11-25T06:30:33.306-06:002018-11-25T06:30:33.306-06:00Might another reason for fewer war time dated quil...Might another reason for fewer war time dated quilts be the 250,000+ quilts made for the Sanitary Commission? Less time (perhaps less or more expensive material) to make “pretty” quilts with dates in favor of making quilts for soldiers that were used up instead of saved?Momwendel@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281798505305352117.post-70887038850954753882018-11-25T05:16:21.908-06:002018-11-25T05:16:21.908-06:00This was eye-opening. I've never understood w...This was eye-opening. I've never understood why the South couldn't "bounce back" by employing cheap labor to continue cotton production after the War. One reason apparently was the boll weevil which rampantly destroyed crops after the War, but your post reveals that the South had also lost it's market in England to Indian cotton. Interesting.Suzanne Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387297696390711279noreply@blogger.com