From the August 22nd Joplin (Mo) Globe.
The Lee and Grant special traveling exhibit will be at the Powers Museum in Carthage, Missouri, from September 1st to October 20th. A visit will help increase your knowledge of these two bigger-than-life Civil War generals.
Included in the exhibit are two full-size military tent replicas. In one, you will find Grant's binoculars and the other Lee's Bible and glasses. Letters and other artifacts from both are also shown.
Several other experiences are planned during the exhibit's stay, including a short stop during the Missouri Route 66 Association's 2010 Motor Tour along the historic route across the state.
I came across another site that listed some of the items that are at the exhibit. Along with photographs, paintings, sculpture and prints there are also pieces of clothing and personal possessions and documents written by the two men.
There is Grant's handwritten terms of surrender to lee dated April 8, 1865.
A Dec. 29, 1862, deed of emancipation (freeing of a slave) signed by Lee.
And Lee's signed copy of his father's Funeral Oration to General Washington. "First in the hearts...."
So, While Checking Out the Battle of Carthage, You Can Get a Double Dose of Civil War. --Old B-Runner
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