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  • Collection: Courtesy of Tommy Gonzalez

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Scalpel. This metal scalpel has a wooden handle engraved with "The PS CO". The metal blade is engraved with E R J. Rodgers & Sons, 6 Norfolk St., Sheffield, England.

Scalpels were used in the course of surgeries during the war. Those suffering…

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Confederate D-Guard Bowie Knife. This Civil War-era Bowie knife was hand made. The blade is approximately 10 inches long. The handle is hand carved wood. Named after the D-shaped nature of the guard, this large knife was popular during the war…

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Brass Three-Size Fleam for Bloodletting. This tool, called a fleam, is used to facilitate bloodletting. The smallest size is engraved with the brand, "Corwick".
Bloodletting was a practice implemented during the Civil War to attempt to heal soldiers…

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Gutta Percha Lavage Syringe. This syringe is made of gutta percha, a sturdy rubber material, derived from the tree of the same name. Lavage syringes were used to rinse wounds and irrigate the ear canal.

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Canister Shot, 5 pieces. Of these individual pieces of canister shot, four have become slightly rusted.

Canister shot consisted of a metal can filled with as many as 48 iron balls. When shot from a cannon, these iron balls exit the barrel and…

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Miniature Domino Set. These small dominos are only measure .5in x .2in.This small 28 piece set is made of bone and is housed in an accompanying wooden case with a sliding lid.

Many soldiers used free time at camp to play games such as dominos and…

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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of The Sacraments; and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to The Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David,…

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Texas Reunion Ribbon. This is a reunion ribbon given to Civil War veterans at the 1905 reunion in Galveston, Texas.

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Images of Texas Civil War sites, Harper's Weekly. This November, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly includes colored images of Texas Civil War sites. The first drawing depicts "The Attack on Sabine Pass". The second is entitled, "Landing of Banks's…

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Display with Civil War-era Artillery. This display includes a variety of Civil War artillery of different sizes, including traditional bullets and the revolutionary minie ball. Two of these projectiles are deformed from impact.
The minie ball was a…
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