Sarah Jones Weicksel
Historian and material culture scholar who researches clothing, culture, and violence in the American Civil War era and is the author of A Nation Unraveled (UNC Press, 2026).
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Feb 27, 2026 • 55min
Sarah Jones Weicksel, "A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era" (UNC Press, 2026)
Sarah Jones Weicksel, historian of material culture who studies clothing and violence in the Civil War era. She discusses how garments shaped loyalties, labor, and identity. Topics include who made and mended uniforms, how clothing signaled rank and masculinity, supply shortages and improvisation, looting and the erasure of bodies, and why people preserved garments as memory.
Feb 27, 2026 • 55min
Sarah Jones Weicksel, "A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era" (UNC Press, 2026)
Sarah Jones Weicksel, historian of Civil War material culture and author of A Nation Unraveled, explores how clothing shaped wartime life and meaning. She discusses who made uniforms, how garments conveyed rank and masculinity, shortages and local sewing economies, battlefield looting and keepsakes, and how dress mattered in emancipation and relief efforts.
