Dem feets!

[Mrs. V]

We all know, or should, that period correct shoes have square toes. A low heel and are leather for the boots of the era. There are front lacers, side lacing..still can't quite get that right..ballroom slippers, etc.

No one seems to address slippers, ones you can wear in the morning dew, on the way to the loo..especially important when you reenact and need to answer the call at odark 30..or midnight..

I know in civilized areas you'd have a chamber pot under the bed, for just such issues..But in the field?? Not so much. What did the women who worked in the camps do?? Chamber pot? I just can't see me trudging to the port o let with a bucket of wee to empty..There are modern equivalents to the chamber pot, and I have one..but..then ya gotta empty it/hide it..and being plastic it isn't exactly quiet…*sigh*

I know, TMI but I bet every gal who cammped in the era had the same issues!

 

[RedRover]

We all know, or should, that period correct shoes have square toes. A low heel and are leather for the boots of the era. There are front lacers, side lacing..still can't quite get that right..ballroom slippers, etc.

No one seems to address slippers, ones you can wear in the morning dew, on the way to the loo..especially important when you reenact and need to answer the call at odark 30..or midnight..

I know in civilized areas you'd have a chamber pot under the bed, for just such issues..But in the field?? Not so much. What did the women who worked in the camps do?? Chamber pot? I just can't see me trudging to the port o let with a bucket of wee to empty..There are modern equivalents to the chamber pot, and I have one..but..then ya gotta empty it/hide it..and being plastic it isn't exactly quiet…*sigh*

I know, TMI but I bet every gal who cammped in the era had the same issues!

From a History of Madison County, Iowa, volume 1:

From a history of Northwest Missouri, volume 1:

From Drew Fausts' "Mothers of Invention" (regarding the wartime south):

 

[lupaglupa]

A lot of farm wives used clogs for wet and muddy conditions. I don't know what style would be period correct though. I will say personally I think the best shoe for going from my tent to the necessary is a croc. Great camping shoes. But they're probably not going to pass inspection at a Civil War reenactment!

 

[PrivateBrooke]

My white Air Force 1's would also not be likely to pass inspection..lol. In fact I've had this pointed out when I arrive at an event, otherwise in uniform lol