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I have several published articles in Civil War collectors magazines and have written two books "Battle of Gettysburg - The Relics, Artifacts & Souvenirs" and "The Civil War Canteen". Currently I am working on my first children's book titled "Children at The Battle of Gettysburg", which hopefully will be completed this year. Currently I am president of the 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, which is a Civil War reenacting group that portrays this original New Jersey unit. Also, I participated in the movie "Gods and Generals", by Ron Maxwell.

Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Tips on collecting Civil War artifacts

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Civil War Collecting Being a so called collector is not a modern day phenomenon, even if it appears as such. There are collectors for just about anything you can think of; baseball cards, dolls, automobiles, military, stamps, coins, art, etc., etc., the list can go on forever years ago I knew a kid who actually collected light bulbs. To an extent, we can actually hold our Victorian era ancestors responsible for this passion. This 19th century time period was named after Queen Victoria's reign of the United Kingdom, which went from 1837 until her death in 1901. The Industrial Revolution mad...

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