arriving in washington in 1865 , taliaferro helpfully possessed $ 23 in gold coin , a spyglass , two saddles , a padlock , 17 coat-buttons , a cocker spaniel , a union suit , four pairs of mens stockings , several pairs of boots , a set of spurs , a shaving mirror and mug , a complete military atlas of the carolinas , a tamworth hog , a set of playing cards with pornographic daguerreotypes on the back sides , two bowie knives , sewing kits , a bottle of witch-hazel , some bandages , a french garter belt , a door-knocker , a dinner-bell , cast-iron cookware , three tins of snuff , a bust of herodotus , the battle standard of indianas 19th independent battery light artillery , and a church pew .