What it this brass item?

[Ripcon]

I found this small brass item in a camp occupied primarily by Union troops in west central Mississippi during the civil war. Any ideas what it is or could have gone to? One person who looked at it thought it looked like a wing. Any ideas Thanks.

 

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[CRUSADER]

part of a broken 18th C drawer pull or furniture piece.