The National Archives is one of our most beloved institutions. At the National Archives extremely rare and important documents are kept for safe keeping. While public access is allowed, there are practical policies in place to protect these documents from being altered, stolen and vandalized. Unfortunately, once in a while an important or extremely rare document is stolen and sold on the black market. This is a story about Civil War letters from the National Archives that were stolen and then sold on the black market- in this case EBay.
There are plenty of Civil War enthusiasts and many are not only passionate about its history, but also about artifacts such as letters and documents. In order to be a proficient Civil War enthusiast, you also have to be a scholar of this war and quite adept and researching artifacts. In this case, two brothers that were Civil War buffs were able to purchase letters from the war that had a high probability of being stolen from the National Archives. With the help of the FBI and EBay, this incredible crime mystery unfolded.
To learn more about this mystery and how Civil War letters were stolen from the National Archives and ultimately recovered, please visit our article at the Smithsonian Magazine’s main site at the following link: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/
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