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Photograph Album. This Civil War-Era photograph album has a leather cover and a brass hinged latch. It holds dozens of early photographs of women and children.

Photograph albums were first popularized during the Civil War, as photographs became…

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…

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…

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

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,…

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…

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…

The Alex Harris Store. This is a black and white photograph of a store where traders could barter for goods, trading items such as hides and farm produce. This photograph also features a covered wagon with mules and horses harnessed to it. There is a…

Mill and Store at Gabriel Mills. This early photograph features a mill and store at Gabriel Mills in Taylor. The operator, Mr. Beckman is standing in the doorway. This building was built in 1860 and withstood the Civil War. It stood until its…

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.