Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part but then with a slightly

but then with a slightly wonky shape to the hanging loop/finial

With a pretty cotton woven plaid dress--showing yellow from the front

If you look very closely

I have not found another like her or been able to trace her maker

colored from use with blue chalk

Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part but then with a slightlyI'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.