thecivilwarparlor:Musket Ball Stuck in the Pages of a Bible, which likely saved the life of the sol
thecivilwarparlor:Musket Ball Stuck in the Pages of a Bible, which likely saved the life of the soldier carrying it“In honor of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, TIME sent photographer Henry Leutwyler to The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pa. to photograph 185 artifacts, from powder horns to playing cards, held in the museum’s collection and curated by Brett Kelley.”Leutwyler says he didn’t know much about American history before he shot the Civil War artifacts but was still deeply moved by them. Military coats, carefully restored by the museum, brought home the savage nature of the war. “The linings all torn,” Leutwyler points out. “[There are] bloodstains and bullet holes.” When he looked at them, Leutwyler imagined the pain of close combat and the courage it must have taken to fight. “This was people two feet away from each other, slashing at someone until they were dead,” he says.Read more: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/07/bloodstains-and-bullet-holes-rare-civil-war-artifacts-by-henry-leutwyler/#ixzz2Dr7bbzW7 -- source link