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This brass trigger guard surrounded the trigger and protected it from accidental discharge. It was recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The site was the location where on October 25, 1864 Union and Confederate forces fought one of the largest cavalry battles in the Civil War.
Date: 1864
Item Number: 456202
Call Number: 14LN337-492
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 456202
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869 - 1864
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Battle of Mine Creek
Military - Weapons - Firearms - Rifles
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Historic sites - Mine Creek Battlefield
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
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