Card, Collecting

Grandest Charge

Grandest Charge

Name/Title

Card, Collecting

Entry/Object ID

2018.012.0026

Description

A collectors card for the Civil War from the Keepsake Collectibles company. The set is called "The Blue and the Gray - Civil War Art by Mort Kunstler. Each card has a scene/person on one side and the history of that scene or person on the other side. This card (#15) is called "Grandest Charge Ever Seen". It talks about the Zouave troops on both the North and South armies. These were troops who modeled their uniform on the French Zouave troops serving in North Africa. They had baggy pants and a tasseled red fez. There is only one copy of this card.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1997