...girl with
Confederate ribbons
on her sleeves...
"The Civil War, Spies,
Scouts and Raiders",
Time - Life books, page 12
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In the hollow head and body of this doll, named Nina by its young owner, desperately needed morphine and quinine from the North were smuggled into the Confederacy. With a capacity of several ounces, this and similar dolls passed comparitively easily through the Federal lines in the hands of women and children.
"The Civil War, Spies,
Scouts and Raiders",
Time - Life books, page 45
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