they were first used in the utah expedition, commanded by albert sidney johnston of the united states army in 1856, 1857 time frame through 1858. and overall it appears that roughly 44,000 of the tents produced. now, unfortunately, sybily, who had worked out a relationship where he would receive about $5 per tent made, joined the confederate states army. so he never recovered any money from the manufacturer of the ten tents. we're excited about this object going on display, receiving some conservation treatment, and then maybe before it returns to shiloh we may be able to work out a plan where we're going to get it displayed here. we're going to have to have a complete exhibit overhaul to do anything with it here. this is probably the most unks item, bar none, considering there's only one like it in the western hemisphere. the other one of all placesize in copenhagen, denmark. and then the wall tent. you count the wall tent in the sibley, the park in its collection holds about half the civil war tentage that remains on the earth. that's amazing. this is the second tent that we receive

and johnston says, yes, i fear seriously, and that will be the last conscious thought from albert sidney johnston. so harris, assisted by another staff officer, brought johnston down into the ravine here, got him off his horse, laid him up against a tree, ripped open his coat, his shirt, looking for a wound. of course, they're imagining something up in the, you know, vital part of the body. from the backside around -- had entered just below his right knee into the top of the calf and clipped open a primary artery. he had a bleeder. hadn't done much damage to the leg itself in the sense it hadn't shattered the bone or anything. he was wearing high boots. that would have hidden the wound. he was unconscious. they tried to prime him to consciousness with a little alcohol. it seemed to run right out of his mouth. the final scene is very tragic, kind of shakespearean. he's in the arms of his brother-in-law. johnston, do you know me? johnston, do you know me? but he's gone. johnston had bled to death in a very short time. probably wounded somewhere around 2:00. dead somewhere between 2:30 and 2:45 from