TYPE: Book
COMPONENTS: book; remnants of an early paper book covering wrapping the book
CONDITION: The spine cover is missing
NOTES: A very interesting original Civil War period artifact.
LANGUAGE
English
ITEM ID: 531
Bible Belonging to KKK Member
DATE
Year: 1864
Decade: 1860s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Original 1864 Civil War period Bible published by the American Bible Society for soldiers in both the Union and Confederate armies. Inside the front cover are initials of ‘KKK,’ and on the back cover there appears to be a drawing of hooded men. There are also dates written inside of 1865 and 1883. This may have belonged to a Confederate clansmen at one point.
ARTISTS
Name: American Bible Society
Type: Publisher
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