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Unknown [Sketch of ammunition]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05555.01 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 2 p. ; 7 x 12 cm. Order a Copy

Possibly created by Evelyn Kelsey, who completed an accompanying sketch aboard a steamer on the Mississippi River. Depicts ammunition, the chamber into which it is loaded, and a rod for proper loading. Contains a description of each item and a procedure for each object's use. Included with two other sketches, one which depicts the river near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Contains an incomplete address and ink blots on verso.

Kelsey, Evelyn, fl. 1863

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