Antique hatchet of a style common
during the Civil War
Civil War image showing a hatchet in the hands of a soldier in
the 5th New Hampshire Infantry while building a bridge over
the Chickahominy River, May 27-28, 1862.
Library of Congress
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Civil War image of a member of the U.S. Christian Commission
holding a hatchet at White House Landing, Virginia during the
Peninsula campaign in 1862.
