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Regtl. Quartermaster Shiloh 2020
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Regtl. Quartermaster Stones River / Franklin 2022
- Joined
- May 7, 2016
- Location
- Alabama
Here awhile back I got more wood from a friend in Jackson who was there when the USS Cairo was raised. This white oak was black from being submerged in the Yazoo for a 100 years, it had started to petrify and was very hard to work with. Doc Gary did a great job as usual and even made me a magnifying glass of which there is only one for my birthday present. These came of fantastic and there is one in the group that will be the one that will be raffled off at out upcoming CWT Invades Vicksburg gathering. The one with the white oak plug had an original square nail hole but the wood was so hard it kept chipping so he had to put the plug in to keep it intact.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/cw...he-official-thread.155709/page-4#post-2013129
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/cw...he-official-thread.155709/page-4#post-2013129