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TRAVELING TRUNK | MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
Scavenger Hunt
By Roger Bailey & Beth Cogswell
Who is on your team? Underline the name of the captain and circle the name of the secretary on
your team.
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Table One
ITEMS:
Dress and Bonnet
Union and Confederate uniforms
Clothing Worksheet
Uniform Book
Shoes
1. Try on a piece of clothing. The item is a _______________
a. What does it look like?
b. What does it feel like?
c. What do you think it’s made out of?
d. Who do you think it belonged to?
2. Complete the Clothing Worksheet
a. Do you think all Union soldiers or all Confederate soldiers dressed alike?
b. Why might they have dressed differently?
3. Flip through one of the uniform books and find a picture of an unusual uniform.
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a. Who wore this uniform? Do you think it was used throughout the entire war?
b. How does the uniform differ from the standard blue and gray coats? Why?
c.
Do you think the uniform was practical? Would it have been easy to distinguish
from enemy uniforms? Would it provide camouflage?
Table Two
ITEMS:
Canteen
Haversack:
Cup
Housewife
Prayer Book
Comb
Toothbrush
Belt Buckle
Hardtack
Coffee
Christian Commission Identifier
1. Examine the haversack.
a. You should recognize many of these items. Do you use any similar items
yourself?
b. Why might a soldier have carried a small amount of food or coffee with him
while he marched?
c. What item might be called a “housewife” and why?
d. Flip through the prayer book. What do you think was the most common religion
among Civil War soldiers?
2. Complete the Accoutrements Worksheet
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a. What are “accoutrements” and why are they important to a soldier?
b. What reasons might soldiers have had for carrying different types of equipment?
3. What is hardtack? Describe what you think it is made of. (Do NOT break the hardtack)
4. Look at the Identifier tag. What do you think it’s for? Does it remind you of anything
soldiers wear today?
Table Three
ITEMS:
Fife
Deck of cards
Northern States Currency
Confederate States Currency
Cartes de Visite (photographs)
1. What do you think fife might have been used for?
2. What is different about these playing cards?
3. Look through the envelopes of money:
a. How much money is in the Confederate envelope?
b. How much money is in the Union Envelope?
c. How are the Union and Confederate currencies the same? How are they
different?
4. Soldiers often carried small photographs such as these cartes de visite with them during
the war. Look through the photographs.
a. Who might be depicted in the pictures?
b. Where do you think the carte de visite was invented?
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c. The ability to circulate cheap photographs was relatively new during the civil war.
How did people produce pictures of loved ones before this technology? Do you
think the average soldier would have been able to have a picture before the carte
de visite?
Table Four
ITEMS:
Civil War Bullets
An Introduction To Small Arms
Actual round of minie ball
Baxter’s Volunteer Manual
Map
3D glasses and pictures
1. Flip through Baxter’s Volunteer Manuel. Describe what this book was used for during
the war.
2. Look at the Civil War bullets and “An Introduction to Small Arms.”
a. What bullet was used in the 1861 Springfield Rifle Musket?
b. From where was the Sharps 1859 Carbine loaded?
c. Why do you think the conical shaped bullets were more accurate than round
musket balls?
3. Examine the map, which replicates the style of many maps designed during the war for
use by officers.
a. Where do you think the information for the map came from?
b. Do you think it would require special training to create a map like this?
4. Look at the 3D pictures from the war with the 3D glasses. These images were actually
viewed in 3D by the public (in the Union) during the time of the war. How do you think
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the families at home felt after viewing these images? Describe the emotions that may
have gone along with these images.
Table Five
ITEMS:
Civil War Collection Boxed Set
Documents: Confederate
Documents: Union
Private Soldiers & Public Heroes
1. Choose a soldier from Private Soldiers & Public Heroes.
a. Was he Northern or Southern?
b. In what battles did he fight? Did he survive the war?
2. Look at the Civil War Collection Boxed Set
a. Who is sitting with General Custer in his photograph?
b. Who was the first woman to be placed on a dollar bill? Why?
c. What ship is shown in the “Ready-Made Clothing” brochure?
d. Who is Abraham Lincoln sitting with in the tent?
e. Find the “Amnesty Oath” What does it say? What do you think amnesty means?
3. Look at the Official Documents of the Union and Confederacy.
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a. Read the Union furlough document (#6) and the Confederate furlough document
(#5). What is a furlough?
4. The furlough document, the discharge document, and the disability discharge document
all include a place for a description of the person. Why do you think that was necessary?
Table Six
Items:
Beadle’s Dime Book of Practical Etiquette
Language of Nineteenth Century Etiquette Books
Weeping, Sad, and Lonely with Mourning Ribbon
“Smoke Not” Pamphlet
Parlor Games Book
The American Spelling Book
Jacob’s Ladder
1. Look at “The Language of Nineteenth Century Etiquette Books”
a. List two basic social rules for gentlemen
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b.
List two basic social rules for ladies
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2. Look at “Weeping Sad and Lonely.”
a. How long was it customary for a woman to wait to remarry after the death of her
husband?
b. How long should a man be in mourning? Why should a man a marry so much
sooner than a woman?
3. Look at the “Smoke Not” pamphlet. What do you think was the purpose of the British
Anti-Tobacco Society?
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4. Flip through the American Spelling Book and choose a lesson. How did their lessons
differ from the lessons you are given in school?
5. Flip through the book of parlor games and examine the Jacob’s Ladder?
a. Have you seen a Jacob’s Ladder elsewhere?
b. Chose a game from the book. Have you heard of it before? What modern game
does it most closely resemble?
Table Seven
Items:
Cotton Bolls
Remembering Slavery
Bonnie Blue Flag
Flag Guide
1. Examine the cotton boll. Why do you think plantation owners needed slaves to harvest
cotton?
2. Pick a story from Remembering Slavery.
a. Where was the narrator enslaved?
b.
What kind of work did he or she do?
c. What kind of relationship did they have with their master?
3. Examine the flags and flag guide.
a. Why did Southerners continue using the Bonnie Blue flag after the Confederacy
was formed? Why do you think the battle flag became popular as the war went
on?
c. What are some of the similarities between the Confederate flags and the US flag?
Why do you think the Confederates kept these elements?
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