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This pocket New Testament was recovered from the Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield in Linn County during a 1990 survey by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. In 1989, the 125th anniversary of the battle, reenactors camped at the site, and this pocket bible was left behind. Inside its front cover is the inscription, "To my beloved husband on the occasion of 15 years of marriage. November 1989." At the Mine Creek site, on October 25, 1864, Union and Confederate forces fought one of the largest cavalry battles in the Civil War.
Date: 1989
Item Number: 443005
Call Number: 14LN337-518
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443005
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1980s - 1989
Home and Family - Activities - Religious
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage
Military
Military - Wars - Civil War - Battle of Mine Creek
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Ceremonial Artifact - Bible
People - Men
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Historic sites - Mine Creek Battlefield
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
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