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carved minie balls

Carved minie balls
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

carved minie balls

Carved minie balls
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

Three-leaf clover sculpted from a bullet

Three-leaf clover sculpted from a bullet (damaged)
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

wooden butter stamp

Wooden stamp with flower insignia used for marking butter
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

field cup

Field cup belonging to Assistant Surgeon Elihu Pierce, 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, USA, ca. 1860s
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

watch hook

Hand-carved watch hook in the shape of a snake, June 14, 1864
It is allegedly carved from a "Yankee thigh bone."
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

carved stag pin brooch

Bone pin brooch of a stag carved by Corporal William Owen, Company L, 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, USA, while he was a prisoner at Andersonville, ca. 1863
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

William Owen

Pencil sketch of William Owen, 1863
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

John R. Moss letter

Letter from Private John R. Moss, Company I, 43rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Gillespie's), CSA, to his wife, Nancy F. Moss, Lick Creek, Benton County, Tennessee, April 1, 1862
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection
PDF of entire letter

decorated canteen

Decorated Confederate canteen captured by William Hodge, Company I, 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, USA, at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

hand-carved pipe bowl

Hand-carved wooden pipe bowl, ca. 1863
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

hand-carved pipe bowl

Hand-carved wooden pipe bowl, ca. 1863
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

scrimshaw

Scrimshaw with scenes depicting the sinking of the CSS Alabama by the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg, France, on June 19, 1864
Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee Collection

Stonewall Jackson's Last Words

"Stonewall" Jackson's Last Words sheet music, Louisville, Kentucky, 1866
Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection

sheet music

The National Union sheet music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1851
Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection

sheet music

Grafted into the Army sheet music, Chicago, Illinois, 1862
Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection

sheet music

The Drummer Boy of Shiloh sheet music, Louisville, Kentucky, 1863
Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection

Bonnie Blue Flag

The Bonnie Blue Flag sheet music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1864
Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection

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