From the Oct. 2, 2012, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Museum to display 'Fragments,' of Civil War" by Ben Steelman.
Among items on display will be three little stars indicating the rank of a Confederate colonel from Fort Fisher's Col. William Lamb's uniform.
Also, scraps of British-made fabric carried into Wilmington aboard a blockade-runner.
A commission signed by Abraham Lincoln.
The Cape Fear Museum has assembled a lot of little pieces for their next exhibit "Fragments of War" which will be on display from now to May 5th. They are doing this for to commemorate the war's 150th anniversary and they are showing items that haven't been on display for awhile.
You can also see General W.H.C. Whiting's uniform tunic (also at Fort Fisher).
There is also a 34-star U.S. flag that flew over Wilmington before the war.
A Confederate Second National flag sewn by the ladies of Wilmington for Col. Lamb.
And, a flask carried by an officer of the United States Colored Troops at Fort Fisher.
I've never been to this museum, but understand they received a lot of the material from the old Blockade-Runner Museum in Carolina Beach. Now would be a good time to see it.
Going to the Museum. --Old B-Runner
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