ROTATING COLLECTION:

I.  Uniforms

            A.  Federal

                        1.  Navy blue wool cap

                        2.  Navy blue forage cap

                        3.  Navy blue fatigue jacket

                        4.  Leather belt with U.S. oval brass plate & cap pouch

                        5.  Haversack (backpack)

            B.  Confederate

                        1.  Grey cap

                        2.  Grey & gold cap - “kepi”

                        3.  C.S. oval belt plate

                        4.  Grey & gold jacket

                       

II.  Artifacts and Personal Items

            A.  Sustenance

                        1.  Navy blue canteen

                        2.  Tin plate

                        3.  Fork & knife set, 19th c.

                        4.  Large tin cup

            5.  Andersonville Prison camp daily rations:  salt, dried peas, cornmeal, coffee

            B.  On the Battlefield

                        1.  Small flags:  4 Union, 5 Confederate

                        2.  2 flag holders

                        3.  Larger flags:  1 Union, 3 Confederate (missing)

                        4.  Flags of the Confederacy bumper sticker

                        5.  Calvary saber

                        6.  Large piece of shrapnel

            7.  Plastic bullet box: 4 round musket balls, 3minie bullets, 2 flattened minie bullets                                  

                        8.  Black leather medical kit

                        9.  Brown glass quinine bottle

                      10. Bloody apron

            C.  Miscellaneous

                        1.  Aged Map of Civil War Battlefields

                        2.  Envelope of Confederate money

                        3.  Cotton balls

            D. Books

            Brothers in Arms by William C. Davis

            Civil War Eyewitness Books         

III.  Written materials and tapes

            A.  Blue plastic folder with inventory list and information sheets

            B.  “Artifacts from the Civil War” frame

            C.  Collection identification cards

            D.  “Civil War Handbook” booklet

            E.  2  videotapes of Civil War/Westward Expansion presentations at George Washington Middle School, Ridgewood (missing)

            F.  Audio cassette: Songs of the CSA

            G.  Paper dolls

 

IV.   Photography

            A.  Sliding plate box camera

            B.  Stereoscope

            C.  5 stereoscope cards

            D.  Tintypes and magnet (missing)

            E.  3 carte vistes (add to others in collection)

            F.  Old photo of man

            G.  Information binder

            H.  Black fabric

 

In Storage:

V.  Reproductions of Photographs, Paintings, and Engravings

            A.  Framed Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln

            B.  Large photographic reproductions

                        1.  Clinch Rifles

                        2.  Confederate sharpshooter - Gettysburg

                        3.  U.S. Negro Troops

                        4.  5th Company Washington Artillery of New Orleans

            C.  Winslow Homer laminated reproductions

                        1. The Briarwood Pipe

                        2.  In Front of the Guard House

                        3.  Playing Old Soldier

                        4.  Reveille

                        5.  The Sutler’s Tent

                        6.  The Army of the Potomac--A Sharp-shooter on Picket Day

                        7.  The Army of the Potomac--A Sharp-shooter on Picket Day                        (wood engraving)

                        8.  Prisoners from the Front

                        9.  Home Sweet Home

                      10.  Cartes de Visites

            D.  Postcards:  6 sepia photos of generals, soldiers, Lincoln

                                    8 black & white battle scene engraving reproductions

            E.  Display cloths for Civil War Day

            F.  “Bloody” knife (in with display cloths)

 

VI.  Posters (in rust corduroy bag)

            A.  Mounted calendar prints of Civil War scenes - 2 boards, 6 scenes each

            B.  Zouaves soldiers, laminated

            C.  Nelson W. Major,  a Sergeant, blue foam board

            D.  Prison Camps, red foam board

            E.  Women in the Civil War, burgundy foam board

            F.  Carte de visite, individuals’ photographs, gray foam board

            G.  Early cameras & photography, gray foam board

            H.   Matthew Brady photographs, gray foam board

            I.  U.S. map & Civil War scenes, white foam board

            J.  3 small white foam boards:   musketball diagram, reforming line of battle sketch, and sharpshooters sketch

            K.  Sign & identification cards for “Artifacts from the Civil War Period” from the Schoolhouse Museum

 

VII.  Library

            A.  Beautiful Ambrotypes, Paul Cox

            B.  An Introduction to Civil War Civilians, Juanita Leisch

            C.  An Introduction to Civil War Photography, Ross J. Kelbaugh

 

VIII.  File Boxes

            A.  One purple box contains folders with additional information on Civil War, Matthew Brady, photography, Winslow Homer, audio & video cassette tapes, etc.     (Same box as Northern/Southern Life & Westward Expansion)

            B.  A second purple box contains red & black velvet and blue gingham cloths to cover presentation tables

            C.  Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Sealisse