Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part Both with age

Both with age

If you look very closely

colored from use with blue chalk

or to place in the entryway for catching newspapers

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

Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part Both with ageI'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.