Eppa Hunton, Jr., William H.White and Thomas P.Bryan, purchased the Seal of the admiral for three thousand dollars, subject to proof of its authenticity.

Mr.St.George Bryan and Mr.William Gray, of Richmond, then took the seal to London, where the makers are still well-known engravers.

Here, by means of hall marks, the identification was made complete.
No less appealing than the relics of the deceased government and great generals who are gone, are some of the humbler items connected with the deaths of privates in the ranks of North and South alike.

One of the most pathetic was a small daguerreotype of a beautiful young girl.

On a card, beside the picture, is the story of it, so far as that story is ever likely to be known: Picture found on the dead body of an unidentified Federal soldier.
Presented by C.C.Calvert, Upperville, Va.
"We have always hoped," said Miss Susan B.Harrison, house regent of the museum, "that some day some one would come in and recognize this little picture, and that it would find its way back to those who ought to have it, and who might by this means at last discover what became of the soldier who was dear to them." An even more tragic souvenir is a letter addressed to A.V.