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The brass bosses on these leatheer scraps are decorative, not functional. The leather could have come from boots, gauntlets, saddle bags or some unknown leather item. They were recovered during a 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. Mine Creek Battlefield 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: 456748
Call Number: 14LN337-370
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 456748
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869 - 1864
Military - Equipment
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Battle of Mine Creek
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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