7-9-21 Don't Be Suspicious, Don't Be Suspicious

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Which unit shredded its own flag at Gettysburg, hiding the pieces among its members--and why?

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Counterfeit Coin Maker?

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A recent trip South allowed me to photograph some item's from a family member's curio cabinet. All of these were collected by my great-uncle, mostly during the 20s and 30s in the South. One fascinating item is here - what my aunt says is a counterfeit coin maker used during the Civil War.

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This tool is heavy and at least partly hand made. The top round section has two faces, one for each side.

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Here is one face, with a profile and date.

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The other face has a V (for Victory?), a laurel wreath, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA backwards.

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CivilWarTalk Throwback Thursday, 7 - 8 - 2021

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Louis Marx' Warriors Of The World - Union Soldiers
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Among all the other items produced during the Civil War Centennial of the 1960's there were literally hundreds of thousands of toy soldiers produced in hundreds of designs ranging from terrible to passably authentic; among the best and most prolific of the makers was the Louis Marx Company. I have previously featured the large "play sets" such as The Blue And The Gray and Fort Apache here in the forums as well as in Throwback Thursday:

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/louis-marx-the-battle-of-the-blue-and-the-gray.152661/

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A Video on Women and Short Hair!

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I discovered this last night, whilst surfing around YouTube as you do, and thought I'd share it with everyone here. This is an excellent video that not only deals with the history of short hair styles for women prior to and during the Victorian period, but also LGTBQA+ history in the period as well (appropriate for Pride Month) and it's relationship to short hair. I hope those ladies who have been looking for information on this subject find some inspiration from this video. I'd love to see some ladies sporting different hairstyles at some of the reenactments I go to!

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 ★ ★   Buford, John

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John Buford Jr.
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Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
Mother: Ann B. Watson
Wife: Martha McDowell “Pattie” Duke 1830 – 1903

Children:
James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​
Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​

Education:
1848: Graduated from West Point Military...​

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