Siskiyou Museum Contains Display of Civil War Articles of Value
Articles Loaned By Residents of Siskiyou County
By DORIS ROBINSON
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Yreka-This is the Centen
nial year of the Civil War,
which started officially April
12, 1861, with the battle of
Ft. Sumpter.
In reality, the war was not
fought just to free the slaves.
There were three issues: first,
the problem of states rights:
slavery. There was only one
issue solved and that was
slavery. Today the south still
is troubled with states rights
in the integration problem,
i At the time of the Civil
War there were 23 states with
a population of 22,000,000 and
0 million slaves. In four
years of fighting there were
2,261 battles fought, and al
though some of the guns
would only shoot about 200
yards, casualties were heavy.
Not a Battleground
California was the only
state not to have a battle
within its borders. Although
California was thousands of
miles away from the war, a
group of volunteers formed
and went to Salt Lake City,
Utah, and camped along the
river. Later they pushed on
to join Union forces, and be
fore the end of the war, some
of these men were leaders and
generals of the Union troops.
1 The Siskiyou county mu
seum is commemorating this
centennial by having on dis
play three cases of original
and reproductions of Civil
War articles of historical val
ue. These articles have been
loaned by Siskiyou county
residents for the display.
The Siskiyou County. His
torical Society also had as its
speaker Lauran Payne of Ft.
Jones, who talked about the
Civil War, at the museum at
a recent meeting. The audi
ence was seated facing the
display of Civil War articles,
which made a background for
the speaker.
Large History Books
Included in the Civil War
.display are two large history
books called, "Harper's His
tory of the Great Rebellion."
These are first editions dated
1866, and loadned by Mrs.
Charles Masson of Dunsmuir.
In a large picture frame is
a mat of 103 flags which were
the flags of the principal na
tions of the world. This mat
of flags was taken from the
home of Jefferson Davis dur
ing the Civil War by a Union
soldier, Jerry Mostoller of
Dixon, 111., when he and oth
er soldiers of the north en
tered the ' abandoned Davis
home while on duty in that
vicinity.
After the war, he took it to
his friends, the Thomas Har
ris family, who brought it. to
California when they came in
the 1870's. Some of the flags
are from China, Japan, Per
sia, Morrocco, Egypt, Spain,
France, American Jack, Unit
ed States and Tripoli. Mrs.
Masson also loaned the mat
of flags.
News of Civil War
A newspaper, the "Boston
Sunday Herald," printed
March 29, 1863, contained
news of the Civil War, and
headlines include these: "A
Raid Contemplated by Stone
wall Jackson"; from the Ar
my of the Potomac, "The Ene
my Not Falling Back"; and
"Probably Attack on Charles
ton." In display cases there are
five bits taken from calvary
bridles, pistols such as Army
Remington cap and ball model
1858 .44; Wesley - Richard's
cap and ball 1864 used in the
Civil War; a Philadelphia Der
inger 1840-1868, the type used
to assassinate President Abra
ham Lincoln; Springfield muz
zle loading percussion rifle;
muskets .58 model 1857, used regiment number, company
letter and officer s wreath.
These articles were loaned by
Dr. A. H. Newton of Yreka.
Several Daguerreotype pic
tures, some taken during the
Civil War, are displayed, and
there is a receipt in full for
the purchase of a 14-year-old
negro girl, dated Oct. 31,
1845, which states the price
and that she is sound in body
and mind. There is a drum
made in Civil War times, and
although it is not known if it
was used in the war, it is like
the ones used.
There are many other ar
ticles. Several teacher- have
taken their classes to visit the
by the Southerners in the bat
tle at Cold Harbor where
7,000 Yankees fell in 15 min
utes. Ornaments such as rosettes
which were attached to bri
dles, and belt buckles are also
on display. There are original
carbine boot and a cartridge
box made of leather, and a
drummer boy's cape worn by
James H. Robertson, who en
listed from Vermont in 1861.
Calvary Saber
A Civil War calvary saber
and an artillery saber are in
cluded, as are a reproduction
of a Union uniform, with or
iginal buttons, a Kepi (cap)
with original calvary insignia,
museum.
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Ackerman won second place
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More than 130 high school
students from Oregon and
Washington participated in
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lon, national collegiate jour
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WAR DISPLAY-The Siskiyou
county museum is commemo
rating the Civil War centen
nial this year by assembling
a display of war articles. All
articles have been loaned by
Siskiyou county residents. In
cluded are cap and ball pis
tols, muzzle loading rifles, bits
used by cavalry horses and
various clothing articles.
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