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[pocketknife]

Milky white handle. Has two different blades, both of which have rusted significantly, tucked into it.

GLC09355.123

[handkerchief]

Pink with white lace border. The handkerchief also has along one end a set of pink flowers sewn into the fabric.

GLC09355.035

[record of the wound that George Clapp suffered on 1864/09/19]

This document is a record of the wound that George Clapp suffered on 1864/09/19, which was a "right humerus shattered by mini ball." Shows that Clapp was discharged a year later and pensioned in September 1873.

GLC09355.082

[fragment of iron shell from a cannonball]

One side is round and would likely be part of the outside of a cannonball. It is likely the piece of shell that was stuck in George Clapp's right arm, wounding him.

GLC09355.121

[maroon leather box with small collapsing cup]

Small round leather maroon box with small silver collapsing metal cup inside.

GLC09355.124

[calling card and envelope]

The envelope is addressed to "Miss Clapp." The calling card belongs to Marion Ruth Miller.

GLC09355.036

to brother

The letter includes a note stating this letter was sent in the same envelope as the letter dated 1864/01/05. Asks how the "flour grain and coal business" is. Asks him to tell Joe that he can "cure himself… by just taking a gun and coming out here."...

GLC09355.039

[pocketknife]

Navy blue handle. It has only one blade tucked into it.

GLC09355.122

to parents

Went and picked some berries for dinner on Sunday night. Regiment was then ordered to the top of a nearby hill to set up an encampment. "It now looks as though we shall have a good rest." Thinks they will stay there until the corps can be filled out...

GLC09355.013

to parents

This letter came with a note saying it was dated 1863/08/16 but came in an envelope from 1863/10/07. Most of the soldiers are at church, so he has time to write. Very quiet around the fort today. Did not go to church because he did not have his...

GLC09355.016