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Leg prosthesis. 9 1/2"H leather brace fits around leg above where knee would be. Brace is open on one side with holes for straps. Two leather straps extend below brace on either side of opening for base of stump approx. where knee would be, they are screwed into circular metal plates that are attached to top edge of wooden portion of leg. Plates allow brace to move from front to back. Hollow wooden leg is 14 1/8'L. Metal plates extend half-way down leg on either side, are connected to circular plates. Top half of leg is painted red -bottom is painted black. 7/8" x 4 3/4" rectangular piece of wood screwed to front center of leg with four 1/4" screws. Surface is even with surface of rest of leg. Wooden "foot" attached to leg with bolts on either side of where ankle would be. Bolts allow foot to move up & down. "Sole" of foot is leather down to "heel" portion. Leather band around top center of foot. Wooden "toes" carved in upper portion of foot. Leather band is cracking on either end. Paint is worn off of leg in numerous places. "Foot" appears to have been painted white at one time but most of the paint has worn off. Ball of twine inserted in opening of "heel" section of foot.

Oval portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Elisha Kellogg of the 19th Connecticut. He was killed in battle June 14, 1864. ID'd on back with signature in ink.

Oval portrait of a Federal Artillery soldier. Henry C. Straights of the Nineteenth Connecticut Infantry regiment. ID'd on back with signature in blue ink. Killed at Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864

VERY IMPORTANT PHOTO. Seated soldier from the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery. On Kepi is artillery badge and the number two and the letter K. ID'd on back: Joseph. Aaron Company K. Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery. Listed as missing in action April 2, 1865. If the ID is correct, then it is likely this soldier died on Pamplin Park property. Aaron Joseph is listed as a member of Company M in the National Park Service soldiers and sailors web-site.

Brady Anthony image of General Totten. General Joseph Totten was the Chief Engineer of the Army for 26 years. Seated portrait. Born in 1788, he was the tenth graduate of West Point. He served in the War of 1812, The Mexican War and also the Civil War. Elevated to the rank of Brigadier General in 1863. Died suddenly on April 22, 1864 of pneumonia, and was posthumously breveted Major General, and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery.

Full portrait of Federal Private Christopher C. Putnam of Company K of the Third Maine. He is wearing frock coat. Wearing gauntlets in left hand and holding right gauntlets. Overcoat tucked under right arm. ID'd on the back. Image by Bell & Brother of Washington D. C. The Third Maine was formed in Augusta in June of 1861 and served throughout the war in the Eastern theater with the Army of the Potomac. Saw action at First Manassas, The Peninsula Campaign, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, the Battle of the Seven Days, Second Manassas, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Battle of The Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. the unit mustered out on June 28, 1864 and reformed inside the Seventeenth Maine.

Model 1851 rectangular brass sword belt plate with raised spread eagle and federal shield. This belt plate belonged to Daniel P. Reigle, 87th Pennsylvannia Volunteers.

Shell, Artillery. Fragment (1/3) of front end of exploded artillery shell. Found April 12, 1955, behind Confederate lines at Olustee by John Maxfield while using mine detector. 9.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm. Very heavily rusted. Note: Fragment appears to be from a 3" diameter Federal Hotchkiss Civil War artillery shell (Compare to Hotchkiss shell 92754).

Saber. Confederate-made Cavalry Saber, Model 1840 design. Brass branched handguard; handgrip is wood, wrapped with rawhide leather (coming off) and wrapped with iron wire. Brass cap pommel. Curved blade with shallow fuller. Fuller is unstopped at ricasso area. Scabbard is iron with brass mounts for carrying rings. Back of scabbard has a crudely made seam.