Show THE STORY TOLD IN jv A connecticut it mania an memo ienn ilal of tile the war mr A E drooks brooks of lits been collecting relies relics oath ortho civil avar ever since it el closed ased andaas now roin com billed binca 2000 bullets h pi anil atas ments of shells bayonet oan i gu gun ab nb il n 1 nt te a wi uit nt 4 tl hf dal I ceita certainly lias has no paral parallel tl sins neaily enough ho be lias has succeeded lit in making it at once beautiful ind and terribly suggestive it is five aud and a aalf feet high lu gli the inner framo fraine heing a in of lumler lumber on which tho the relics ire aro fastened in such a way is as to completely conceal it and make inake the i monument look us 1 liboa liko i solid mass of relies relics tharo Ther earo aro 1813 1831 bullets collected from the principal battlefields and union awl and confederate buttons there are also revolvers opan lets TIIE THE MONUMENT belt plates worn by men and officers bayonets canteens canteen bobic used by tho the Loui louisiana biana rangers mangers exil exploded oded shells from di different berent fields cavalry equipment spurs and buckles incorporated incorporate ll in the design with great skill and int intelligence intelligent elligen C e every bullet every broken remnant of shot and thell shell every bolt belt plate and epaulet could tell of inspiring scene and events the story of the abo war is told in metal tho the groat great armies of tile the north and south occupy opposite si sides es tho the national government is represented iu in the letters U S the combination being made f from roin billa balls from petersburg the tha confederacy on oil the other land is represented 1 in the iho letters C S which are composed of bullets from the southern lines the battle selected i not on oil southern soil but in the state of pennsylvania gettysburg lias bas been chosen because that represented the high tido of lie confederacy the centerpiece on the federal sille side is a revolver which exploited exploded in the hands of a I 1 soldier named williams on the confederate side it is i a i confederate c linteen canteen pierced by four bullets the union canteen on oil the other idu bide s wa found near the mcpherson hon monument a at t atlanta on one tide side pro ire crossed bayonets while the opposite is ill signal iced by bowie knives I 1 hat were ere carr carri carriers cal eiS in the belts of tile tho louisiana tigers the confederate belt plates cannot lip duplicated easily they represent the styles worn by officers and men A couple of these thebe belt pl plates ties aie of pe cu culiar I 1 la r significance telling of blockade runners t fiat aci a in intercepted and doede of darini that were wasted waited both are of Brit british ieli origin nono one bearing alie coal of arms of great britain and the other the head of tile british Britis li lion both were captured before tile blockade I 1 ninnel innez I 1 hall had penetrated tile union naval lines the alac monument is surmounted by a 82 I 1 r shot such it no 0 but tile most salient features s of a production prod action too unique for debei option |