Lot 170
Civil War Mourning Memento--Ribbon With Circular Hair Braid--In an Autograph Album. Autograph album titled Gems from Flora, with two women's names: "Elizabeth Arbuckle. Lewistown Penna. 1853" and "Lulu McConnell, Watkins, Iowa, 1885," on the first end page. Containing friendly sentiments, poems, etc., some from the early 1850s, but most from the 1880s. Toward the middle of the album is a white ribbon tied in a bow and attached to a small circular braid of human hair. Below is a paragraph from a newspaper noting "the death of another of Marengo's young men, John Arbuckle. He was a member of the 24th Infantry, and was killed in one of the recent engagements in the Shanandoah [sic] Valley…" on the facing page is a poem, "In the memory of my cousin John Arbuckle." Foxing and some staining throughout. Good to very good. Estimate Value $75 - 100
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