Collecting Civil War Artifacts Before the Centennial
By Norman Delaney What was it like to be a collector of Civil War memorabilia prior to the centennial and the explosion of prices for artifacts? In my case, I
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The Gray Gutta Percha Knapsack
By Michael R. Cunningham, Ph.D. During the 1850s, the U.S. War Department experimented with a variety of military accoutrements made with rubber and gutta percha. The items included canteens, holsters,