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March Issue 2009
SC Confederate
Relic Room and Military Museum in Columbia, SC, Offers Exhibit
on Women's Civil War Fundraising
The SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum in Columbia, SC, is presenting the exhibit, Money, Material, and Labor: Women's Civil War Fundraising, on view through Apr. 4, 2009.
The exhibition offers a unique look at these types of events and activities. The exhibit explores the history of Civil War fundraising efforts, with a focus on South Carolina and Columbia.
Sewing, knitting, collecting donations, organizing fairs these are among the activities that many women, in both the North and South, undertook during the Civil War in an effort to fundraise for relief projects, materials, and money to supply troops. South Carolina women were deeply involved in such efforts, forming Ladies' Aid Societies throughout the state early in the war to pool resources and divide labor more effectively. These groups organized fairs, balls, auctions, theatricals, and concerts to raise funds for Confederate hospitals, in addition to making garments and collecting provisions to send to centers for troop supply.
Founded in 1896, the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum is the oldest museum in the Columbia area. The museum focuses on South Carolina's military history from the Revolutionary War to the current War on Terror.
For further information
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at
803-737-8095 or visit (www.crr.sc.gov).
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