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Issue: 35-3
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 Cover: "Today’s the Day”
Photo by Jack W. Melton, Jr.; composition by Stephen W. Sylvia and Jack W. Melton, Jr.; artifacts courtesy Joe Haile. Please see our p. 34 cover story on the breathtaking recent success of a longtime relic hunter. Features
The Credit Where Due Issue, in which once-overlooked artifacts,
previously unsung soldiers, and deserving collectors come to the fore—and a misattribution gets corrected at last
22 The Curry Comb: Overlooked Relic of the War
by Ken R. Knopp, with assistance from Ralph Emerson
34 Cover Story: Today’s the Day
by Joe Haile
41 John Donnell Smith:
“Unlimber, commence firing”
by William J. Stier
46 Interview: George E. Whiting,
Pioneer Collector
by Maj. William I. Brown (USA Ret.)
Sidebar: Keith Gibson reports on the
Henry Stewart Collection at the VMI Museum
54 Who Invented Night Writing?
by Jack W. Melton, Jr.
62 The Saga of Sherman’s Hat:
“You wear a shocking bad hat!”
by Roger S. Durham
Departments
7 From the Trenches
The perils of newsprint
9 We’ve Got Mail
Word from Down Under
12 Field Recoveries
18 Publisher’s Forum
Time lapses, judgment lapses, and Twain
74 Traders’ Corner
75 Collectors’ Calendar |
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