[CIVIL WAR]. Knapsack with contents carried by Private Charles L. Taylor, Company K, 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.

taylor issued 1864 knapsack contents 16th plymouth battle april company small connecticut 1863 containing time rest present arrived dated remained regiment accompanying relieving identification federal bristol captured duty later served housing garrison image lyman 1837-1909 received infantry possessors 1865 correspondence listing detached believed intentionally harriet tuttle history antietam initially general flag field include accompanied portions regiments carried headquarters stationed leather including ct's surrender regimental brittle volunteers 1894 17-20 sent charles letters housed offered near group getty 14th utilized preserved canvas paper insignias military portsmouth returning envelope packaged civil regt approx significantly sixteenth orders october entire rejoin tourniquet wear clerk forces volunteer torn participated fought 20th fate private device service button housewife insignia just north carolina fall request pamphlet waged conn assortment buttons forage items published special weeks wrench remnants june passes major john brigadier division troops longer coat-size inspection distributed capture acquired edition nature losses condition likely colors printed countersigns naval george assigned engaged transported 18th corps freight newbern 10.00 rolled matching horn officer reunion 8/24/1862 period original folding glove backpack ordered ephemera extract november army commanders newspaper roses soldier's troiani's serve operations express american straps packet saved collection 4/2/1863 eventually remainder identified handwritten inked following directions waterproof toilet metal pocket/shaving belt personal heavily fragile beginning generally good given white blue tassel commanding sept remaining burned prisons activities spanning clipped signatures navy book boston cabinet possibly excursion dedication secretary's illustrated soldiers enlisted ranks august resulting escaped bern days lee's militaria exterior appears two-pieced fabric 1879 home shreds war-date troiani suffered heavy adams flap stenciled oval-shaped bandage patches needles thread spoon tarred tissue mirror money rare example damaged rodent insect exposure disintegrate removed closer shredded according standards officers prevent falling souvenirs documents order regarding furlough henry peck hymn young men's christian association fifth post-war cards unidentified individuals souvenir monuments 11th roster 1892 222-223 mustered reduced months fredericksburg participating march confederates operation deemed effective confederate combined-arms infamous unusually intact soldier serving clerk's role value winslow appomattox bruce assembled hands south brought sacred dominion 7/29/1862 indicates 6/24/1865 siege andersonville addressed taylor's painted attached york patent shot fact rebels pieces finally kept heckman kingston provenance sergeant suffolk prison spent presuming receipt wife davenport brig youle genl h.w.t hermann