Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part Both with age

Both with age

With a pretty cotton woven plaid dress--showing yellow from the front

It was mounted on card

or to place in the entryway for catching newspapers

but then with a slightly wonky shape to the hanging loop/finial

Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part Both with ageI've been thinking a lot about American history especially of late. I am currently in the middle of Ken Burns' series The American Revolution, which has had me better understanding how much the revolutionary period was as much a series of civil wars in this country as it was a war against England, and also about how inevitable The Civil War itself seems in retrospect, with tensions over slavery, and between regions, there from the very beginning.