A personal letter from Ebenezer Brewer Mattocks, a surgeon in the Minnesota Seventh Regiment, to his sister Nellie, written near Waterford, Mississippi, giving details of his work as a surgeon and the treatment of “rebel families”.

Partial transcript:

…The next morning our artillary came up and we commenced shelling them-and prepared to cross and “go” for them five companies went …in a boat and I went with them as surgeon  we succeeded in driving the enemy- with but three wounded—Almost every day since we have had fighting in our front but our regiment has not been engaged- Yesterday our forces killed and wounded nearly 50 rebels…I love this kind of life- am perfectly happy when there is fighting to be done- I have been ordered by the medical Director in our next battle to act as brigade surgeon- in the field- that is I am the only surgeon in our brigade who is to accompany the brigade into battle- the other surgeons are to remain back two miles…[my] duties are to staunch the bleeding wounds-see them loaded, and send them back to the rear.  I stand no better chance now than the rest of the officers and men- but yet I hope I woun’t get killed…I give you an idea of how the soldiers use Rebel families.  I will give you an instance- when we came here there was a large house near by- with a large family- with a great many little children- our soldiers stole every thing there was in the house- even to their clothes- knives & forks & now we must feed them or they would starve- Such outrages ought not to be  tolerated- sometimes my heart bleeds for the people rebels though they are…

See whole letter here: 1864-07-26_brewer

Street map of Atlanta, Georgia printed on cotton fabric.  The map includes streets, railroad lines, waterways, and an index to twenty building locations.  Across the bottom is: “Drawn and printed at Top’l.  Engr. Office, Hed. Qrs. A.C., in the field, July 25th, 1864.”  The signature of “W.G. LeDuc” is in black ink in the upper left.  The map was used during the Civil War by Brigadier General William Gates LeDuc of Minnesota, who served in the quartermaster’s department throughout the war.

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Porky! The Famous Pig with only two legs getting a scrub down by his owner in September 1946.

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An untitled oil on canvas painting made by Minnesota artist Alice Hugy.

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This Minneapolis Millers home jersey was probably worn by pitcher Leslie Klesitz during the 1950-51 season.

This short-sleeved wool flannel baseball uniform jersey has a button-closure front opening and reads “MILLERS” across the breast and has the number “30″ applied on the back.

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A hand-tinted stereoview of Minnehaha Falls during the summer, circa the 1890s.

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