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- Aug 25, 2012
I was trying to decide what to do with an old copy (December 1953) of the Journal of the Company of Military Collectors & Historians and thumbed through it to see if any thing caught my eye. In the Collector's Field Book section appears an article, Lee's Appomattox Sash, by Milton F. Perry, the Curator of the West Point Museum. I the article Mr. Perry discuses if the West Point Museum has the sash Lee wore at
Appomattox.
One account has Lee wearing a red sash at Appomattox, while other information points to a buff sash. Mr. Perry seems to lean towards a buff sash, which is what the West Point Museum has, but Mr. Perry does not rule out Lee wearing a red sash at Appomattox. Most art work shows Lee with a buff sash. I am assuming that addition information has been found in the 60+ years since Mr. Perry wrote this article.
Anyway I have the December 1853 Journal of the Company of Military Collectors & Historians in a bound reprint from 1973 of all the Journal of the Company of Military Collectors & Historians from 1949 to 1954 , but may just keep this old magazine. It does have 2 uniform plates covering the Civil War. In the end what would I do with a magazine from 1953 anyway?
Appomattox.
One account has Lee wearing a red sash at Appomattox, while other information points to a buff sash. Mr. Perry seems to lean towards a buff sash, which is what the West Point Museum has, but Mr. Perry does not rule out Lee wearing a red sash at Appomattox. Most art work shows Lee with a buff sash. I am assuming that addition information has been found in the 60+ years since Mr. Perry wrote this article.
Anyway I have the December 1853 Journal of the Company of Military Collectors & Historians in a bound reprint from 1973 of all the Journal of the Company of Military Collectors & Historians from 1949 to 1954 , but may just keep this old magazine. It does have 2 uniform plates covering the Civil War. In the end what would I do with a magazine from 1953 anyway?