The information on the back of the cards was presented newspaper-style with headlines.
The packs came with five cards and were accompanied by a facsimile of Confederate paper currency (I don't remember the money and seem to remember gum in the packs, but maybe not).
The original price was a nickel a pack. (Let's see, skip the 25 cent school lunch and buy four packs of those wonderful cards.) Later, they were issued in cellophane-wrapped packs.
Since 1989, there has been a monthly newspaper "Civil War News" published by Historical Publications, Inc. of Turnbridge, Va.
#27 Massacre. White Oak, Va. June 20, 1862, which featured a Confederate soldier on the ground firing a pistol into the face of a Union soldier and another Confederate soldier about to bayonet a Union one on the ground.
Dean's Cards says the set was released in 1962. Cards sell for between $2.25 for #11 good to $60 for #3 grade near mint/mint. Most are over $10. They were also a hit in England.
Wish I Had Kept Mine. I Could Have Retired. Wait, I Am retired. Oh, Well. --Old Secesh
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