Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 brush with a bit of a

with a bit of a homely face

ink drawing

nailed onto the sign

fabric and brass and foil it looks to me

Plates measure 7 3/4" in diameter x 7/8" tall

Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 brush with a bit of aI've been thinking a lot about American history especially of late. I am currently in the middle of Ken Burns' series The American Revolution, which has had me better understanding how much the revolutionary period was as much a series of civil wars in this country as it was a war against England, and also about how inevitable The Civil War itself seems in retrospect, with tensions over slavery, and between regions, there from the very beginning.