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John A. Wyeth (John Allan), 1845-1922
With Sabre and Scalpel; the Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon.
New York; London: Harper & Brothers, 1914.

BATTLE-FLAG OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
Blue cross containing thirteen stars; red field, white border. Burnside breech-loading cavalry carbine and Colt's army six-shooter of models used by the author in the service. Post-oak relic containing two cannon-balls and two grape-shot lodged during the battle of Chickamauga, 1863. Thirty years later this souvenir was secured and presented to the author by his friend Dr. Cooper Holtzclaw, of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Subjects:
  • Military standards--Confederate States of America.