Scavenging: tents into clothes, and food for bullets

Mysteries & Conundrums

From John Hennessy

I came across these two accountsrecently, calculated to make relic hunters weep and remind us all just how difficult things were in this part of the world by 1864.

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch, July 25, 1864

“We noticed at the Central Depot on Saturday six cars loaded with arms, knapsacks, cartridge boxes, sabres, &c., together with a large lot of pig lead, the spoils of the battle-fields of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania. The balls are collec...