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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 374204, member: 55&quot;]here&#039;s a comparable:&nbsp; the description is clearly not the same stick, but one with secondary flexible branches coiled around the central shaft.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, the listing dates it to the 1880s, and the transcription of the words is very interesting, and might shed some light on this item - it even includes the use of the numeral 7 rather than the word &quot;seven&quot;: &quot;<i>Cut in the center of 7 Pines Battlefield where 15000 Soldiers were Killed May 31st + June 1st 1862. Battle fought by Lee + McClellan / J.E. Lyne, Guide&quot;</i></p><p>Center, not Centennial, for sure.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; James Lyne was a survivor of the battle, and ran a souvenir shop at the site for 35 years; so the cane would date to no earlier than 1897.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bet he made quite a few of these from branches at the site, and you&#039;ve got one!</p><p>See <a href="http://shootmagazine.com/wildwest/1880s-CIVIL-WAR-BATTLE-OF-SEVEN-PINES-RELIC-CANE-MADE-By-CONFEDERATE-SOLDIER_r481466994102.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://shootmagazine.com/wildwest/1880s-CIVIL-WAR-BATTLE-OF-SEVEN-PINES-RELIC-CANE-MADE-By-CONFEDERATE-SOLDIER_r481466994102.html" rel="nofollow">http://shootmagazine.com/wildwest/1880s-CIVIL-WAR-BATTLE-OF-SEVEN-PINES-RELIC-CANE-MADE-By-CONFEDERATE-SOLDIER_r481466994102.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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