AWESOME AND EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL CSA ENLISTED TROOP BLANKET

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BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE
ORIGINAL
CSA ENLISTED TROOPS BLANKET
This is an Awesome and super rare Original Civil War personal item
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The classic style that was used by Battlefield soldiers for warmth, These are seldom seen, especially in this condition because almost all of the were worn out and thrown away. The blanket itself displays beautifully and is constructed of the woven material with the plaid designs. It has the greenish brown tone material with the well worn look. Around the edges it has the fringe detail work. The blanket measures approximately 63 inches by 62 inches including the fringe. As you can see it has some light wear but is as nice as you could ever hope for. As you can see, it displays quite well from all angles.
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his piece of history came from the museum like personal collection of Mathew Woodburn.
In February 1864, to relieve the serious overcrowding of Confederate hospitals in the Atlanta and Dalton areas, Columbus was chosen as the site of a 1500 bed army hospital. Eight buildings on broad Street, including two saloons and the court house were rented and equipped. By May there were 1350 patients. The location seemed remote from enemy raids.
One of the largest convalescent hospitals in the confederacy was constructed "on the edge of town" on the site of Camp Montgomery with Dr. Francis O. Ticknor, Georgia doctor and poet, as its chief surgeons.
The greatest hospital activity here followed the capture of Atlanta in September 1864. On October 1, Dr. Samuel Hollinsworth Stout, Medical director of Hospitals, Army and Department of Tennessee, ordered hospitals under his command moved to Columbus from Macon and Barnesville. Hundreds of patients were placed in tents on the town common and under the open sheds of the Muscogee Railroad. Subsidiary units were established in Opelika and Tuscumbia, Ala. Advance reports of the approach of Wilson´s Raiders in 1865 caused the rapid removal of the hospital staffs and patients to Atlanta before the raiders reached Columbus.