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This insignia fragment was collected during a survey in 2017. Shown here is a portion of crossed sabers, used by the cavalry. The site may be the location of one of General George Custer and the Seventh Cavalry's camp near Fort Hays in Ellis County.
Date: 1869-1870
Item Number: 455293
Call Number: 14EL428-1276-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455293
Collections - Archeology
Military - Equipment - Uniforms
Military - Facilities - Camps
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Hays
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - Notable People - Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Hays
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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