NSTCW Vol. 39 No. 6
COVER
"Oliver Tilden's Sword,” photo by Simon Rycroft, artifact
courtesy the Simon Rycroft Collection.
Please see the cover story on p. 40.
22 Getting
the Lead Out
by
Brandon Tucker
She ain't heavy — she's my West
Virginia find
30 Three
Battles, Six Wounds: The
Unlikely Survival of William Jasper Muse
by
Steven W. Knott
A Tennessee Rebel defies all
odds
40 COVER
STORY: Oliver
Tilden's Sword
by
Simon Rycroft
A 38th New York captain gives
the last full measure
51 Stars
Fell on Georgia
by
Stephen W. Sylvia
A fascinating find surfaces in
Acworth
54 50th
New York Engineers Hospital Steward
by
Daniel J. Binder
A revealing inspection of a
ferrotype
56 To
the Victor Belong the Foils
by
Stanley B. Smullen
The foils and foibles of an Ohio
wartime governor's son
62 Digging
Griswoldville
by
Jeff Wittmann
History unearthed at the
gunmaker's company town
68 Recommended
Road Trip: Gettysburg in Autumn
by
R. Gregory Goodell
A feast for the eyes currently
on exhibit
70 Making
Change in the Civil War
by
Robert Painter
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a
dollar