Excavated Artifacts from Battlefields and Campsites of the Civil War 1861-1865
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Title: Excavated Artifacts from Battlefields and Campsites of the Civil War 1861-1865
Author: Stanley S. Phillips
Construction: Hardcover
Pages: 217
Printing: Fifth 1986
Approximate size: 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches
Condition: Previously owed in very good solid shape. Minor soiling on front board and foreedge. Former owner handwriting in ink on rear endpaper. The binding is tight.
Content Information: The seventeen images of pages from this book, found in this listing, represent only a fraction of the various types of relics included. Contained in the 199 pages, including an additional 18 page appendix, are 169 plates, with hundreds of images of excavated relics including buckles, cartridge box plates, buttons, spurs, bullets, carved bullets, bottles, bullet molds, sardine cans, heel plates, guns, gun parts, bullets in wood, epaulettes, flag staffs, carved bullets, knapsack parts, drummer's buckle, cartridge tins, brass knuckles, handcuffs, bayonets, knives, cooking utensils, plates, knives, forks, soup and lead ladles, stencils, pipes, tourniquet adjusters, candle stick holders, pens, match holders, combs, eye glasses, thimbles, tokens, coins, pins, jewelry, lockets, watch fobs, charms, watches, cape pins, identification tags, patriotic and political pins, badges, emblems, corps badges, insignia, shoulder straps, regimental numerals, rosettes, martingales, saddle shields, picket pins, horse bits, stirrups, canteens, ink wells and on and on.
Comments: The fifth edition of this great work was dedicated to the memory of Stanley S. Phillips who passed from this life on October 25, 1982. This book is a must have for the Civil War relic collector.
- Product Code:
- PC9704
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