What our eyes and minds understand – at a distance- as literal, changes with each approaching step we take. What was the solid form of a fisherman in his boat, dissolves into thousands and thousands of fractals of light and color.

Learn more about the treatment and analysis of a Ship’s Medical Chest from c.1860. The results of analysis will be used to inform safe handling and storage of the chest.

While it was ever so critical for the Confederacy to maintain control of New Orleans, events elsewhere, especially in Tennessee, resulted in the city having inadequate defenses and naval support.