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The Battle of Natural Bridge: The Private Collection of the Gerrell Family

The Civil War battle of Natural Bridge was a Southern victory that resulted in Tallahassee being the only Southern capital that did not fall into Union hands. Natural Bridge is an important Florida landmark and the battle serves as a significant part of Southern culture and heritage. Previous surveys at the Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park yielded several categories of Civil War and prehistoric artifacts. A study of the private collection of the Gerrell family, who has lived on the battlefield land and surrounding properties for several generations, was conducted, and the artifacts were catalogued. The collection of 95 artifacts contains items such as buttons, cannon balls, and case shot. The goal of this project was to provide a catalog of the Civil War artifacts so the family could continue to lend the items out to museums for the use in exhibits pertaining to the Civil War. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Anthropology in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. / Spring Semester, 2011. / November 18, 2010. / Civil War, historical archaeology, Natural Bridge, Tallahassee / Includes bibliographical references. / Glen H. Doran, Professor Directing Thesis; Lynne A. Schepartz, Committee Member; Rochelle A. Marrinan, Committee Member.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175657
ContributorsBarnett, Jessica L. (authoraut), Doran, Glen H. (professor directing thesis), Schepartz, Lynne A. (committee member), Marrinan, Rochelle A. (committee member), Department of Anthropology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
PublisherFlorida State University, Florida State University
Source SetsFlorida State University
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, text
Format1 online resource, computer, application/pdf
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