Can anyone offer a definition of this item? An acquaintance has requested information about them for teaching a primary school class on the Civil War era. replies offline are fine, thanks. Also--I have established a new account to receive VA-HIST mail. Anyone know how to unsubscribe the old email address, if I can't actually get into the old email to confirm the unsubscribe request? Thanks M To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html