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Mon July 23, 2012

History Detectives: 8/31

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Credit Courtesy of Ashley Karitis
Chief Gordon Yellowman of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe examines the jewelry and clothing bellowing to George Bryson. Did these once belong to Chief Black Kettle, a Cheyenne Peace Chief?
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Family lore says George’s great, great-uncle fought along side General Custer in a clash with the Southern Cheyenne at Washita, OK.
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Credit Courtesy of Robin Hutchins
Abraham Lincoln’s signature on a note coupled with a document that reveals a key Civil War practice history textbooks have often overlooked. Is it a forgery?
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A note shows a signature by Abraham Lincoln at The Royal Oak Museum in Webster, Michigan. Is this a forgery? This message reveals a key Civil War practice that history textbooks often overlook.
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Gwendolyn Wright investigates a small red piece of fabric believed to come from a Confederate flag at the center of a skirmish that cost the life of Col. Elmer Ellsworth, the first Union officer killed in the Civil War.
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Did this red piece of fabric come from the Confederate flag that cost Col. Ellsworth his life?

Can Gwen trace this tiny tattered swatch of red fabric to the flag at the center of an early Civil War skirmish? What can we learn from the evocative symbol of a bird dropping a bomb on this World War II patch? Did these spoils of war belong to Peace Chief Black Kettle? What is a "Lincoln Oath" and did Abraham Lincoln actually sign it? Find out in this week's History Detectives.

Airs Tuesday, July 31, at 7pm on Channel 5.