Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part I have not found another

I have not found another like her or been able to trace her maker

divided into three sections

but then with a slightly wonky shape to the hanging loop/finial

colored from use with blue chalk

or to place in the entryway for catching newspapers

Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 part I have not found anotherI've been thinking a lot about American history especially of late. I am currently in the middle of Ken Burns' series The American Revolution, which has had me better understanding how much the revolutionary period was as much a series of civil wars in this country as it was a war against England, and also about how inevitable The Civil War itself seems in retrospect, with tensions over slavery, and between regions, there from the very beginning.