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21. Sword, Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Sword, Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry The "Old Wristbreaker" as this heavy and unwieldy sword was known, was adopted in 1840 for the Army's three dragoon regiments and was based upon the French model 1822 light artillery sword. This is a particularly...
22. Housewife (sewing kit) Housewife (sewing kit) The "housewife" or sewing kit was an essential part of any soldiers gear. While not an army-issued item, commercial versions were available from sutlers, civilian merchants who followed the army camps....
23. Housewife (sewing kit) Housewife (sewing kit) The "housewife" or sewing kit was an essential part of any soldiers gear. While not an army-issued item, commercial versions were available from sutlers or civilian merchants who followed the army camps....
24. Housewife (sewing kit) Housewife (sewing kit) The "housewife" or sewing kit was an essential part of any soldiers gear. While not an army-issued item, commercial versions were available from sutlers, civilian merchants who followed the army camps....
25. Stirrups, Ulysses S. Grant Stirrups, Ulysses S. Grant Stirrups that accompany the modified McClellan officers' saddle. According to Grand Army of the Republic records, Ulysses S. Grant used these stirrups in the Battle of the Wilderness (1864) and the Appomattox...
26. Campaign ribbon, A. Lincoln Campaign ribbon, A. Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Silk campaign ribbon from the 1860 presidential election. John Chester Buttre (1821-1893) engraved the image of Abraham Lincoln, which was based on a Mathew Brady photograph known as the Cooper Union photograph....
27. Bugle Bugle Private William Berdel (1839-1884) of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery played this bugle. It was one of the few artifacts from the Battery not in the Board of Trade building when it burned in the Great...
28. Uniform, artillery jacket Uniform, artillery jacket Private John Stagg wore this artillery jacket, according to Grand Army of the Republic records. He joined the Chicago Board of Trade Battery in August 1862 and was killed four months later in the Battle...
29. Union Ticket Union Ticket Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 President Abraham Lincoln heads the list of candidates on the "Union" Ticket for the south side of Chicago in 1864. Across the United States, Republicans ran as the National Union Party in an attempt to...
30. Holsters, Ulysses S. Grant Holsters, Ulysses S. Grant Pistol holsters that accompany the modified McClellan officers' saddle. According to Grand Army of the Republic records, Ulysses S. Grant used these holsters in the Battle of the Wilderness (1864) and...
31. Cushman, Pauline Cushman, Pauline Cushman, Pauline, 1833-1893 Pauline Cushman (1833-1893) was an actress. She was also a spy and scout for the Union Army until caught with secret papers and sentenced to death. Rescued by Union forces, she was made an honorary major....
32. Sword, Model 1850 Staff and Field Officer Sword, Model 1850 Staff and Field Officer Of the many companies providing swords to the federal government, some were manufacturers, while others were assemblers, retailers and wholesalers. And, some combined these roles. W.H. Horstmann & Sons...
33. Canteen Canteen Newer canteens in the Civil War were made of tin. This older, heavier canteen was constructed of two concave wood halves bound together with nails. In 1863 LeRoy Van Horn received this canteen at the Battle...
34. Walker, Mary, Dr. Walker, Mary, Dr. Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919 Mary Walker (1832-1919) is the only woman to have ever received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. She served as a surgeon for the Union and endured time in a Confederate prison....
35. Bickerdyke, Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke, Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901; Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.).--Dept. of Kansas. Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817-1901) of Illinois served as a Union nurse in the hospital at Cairo, Illinois and in field hospitals at a number of battles, including Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg and Atlanta....
36. Utensils Utensils Many soldiers purchased utensils from sutlers (civilian merchants in the field). This versatile spoon, knife and fork set folds compactly into the wood handle. The bowl of the spoon is engraved: A Poucher...
37. Howe, Julia Ward Howe, Julia Ward Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 Julia Ward Howe wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" after a tour of Army camps in the Washington, D.C. area. Published in 1862, the poem was set to the tune of "John Brown's Body."
38. Grant, Julia Grant, Julia Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 Julia Dent Grant (1826-1902) often accompanied her husband, Ulysses S. Grant, in the field during the Civil War. After his death in 1885, she wrote her memoirs, the first First Lady to do so. The book,...
39. Shoulder straps for Major John C. Black Shoulder straps for Major John C. Black John C. Black wore these shoulder straps as a Major in the 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. According to army regulations (1861), shoulder straps for majors were to be “the same as for a Colonel, according...
40. Shoulder strap for Brevet Brigadier General John C. Black Shoulder strap for Brevet Brigadier General John C. Black John C. Black was brevetted Brigadier General on March 13, 1865. According to army regulations (1861), shoulder straps for brigadier generals in the army were based on those of major generals, and were...
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