“In 2011, a portion of the museum collection is scheduled to go on the road, journeying to three historic Virginia sites as part of a plan to bring the artifacts of the Civil War to the people.
“While half the collection will remain at the Richmond museum, the satellite exhibits will draw upon a vast number of artifacts. The 15,000 items include:
“. 3,000 military accoutrements—spurs, saddles, tack, belts, medals and buttons totaling 1,000
“. 510 of the 13,000 known wartime flags in existence, including one stitched by Robert E. Lee’s wife and four daughters.
“. 250 uniform pieces, including the one Lee wore when he surrendered to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia in 1965
“. 5,000 domestic items such as homemade soap, slave-woven coverlets, baskets, dolls, china, silver sets, and serving bowls the size of small tubs.
“The collection of dolls includes “Lucy Ann,” which was used to smuggle quinine over enemy lines. The medicinal compound was hidden in the doll’s head—a compartment revealed when her hat and hair are removed.
“In less than three years, the sesquicentennial of the start of the Civil War, the Museum of the Confederacy aims to share its wealth at Appomattox; Fredericksburg, where one-third of all Civil War casualties were recorded within a 20-mile radius; and Fort Monroe, a Union outpost in Hampton.”