Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Handkerchief |
Catalog Number |
0985.11.00001 |
Description |
The handkerchief is a red, blue, and yellow plaid silk fabric. The fabric is severely frayed and shreded (formerly folded into a tight rectangle) due to its improperly framed display in the Tennessee Room. |
Dimensions |
W-12 L-4 inches |
Owned |
William V. Knick |
Owner Regiment |
52nd Virginia Infantry, Co. E, "Capt. Thomas H. Watkins' Co." |
Event |
Second Battle of Fredericksburg |
Provenance |
Miss Rachel Reynolds gave the handkerchief to her sweetheart, William V. Knick, "when he answered the call of his beloved southland." Knick had it on his person when he was mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. |
People |
Reynolds, Rachel Knick, William V. |
Search Terms |
Battle of Gaines' Mill / First Cold Harbor Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Cedar Mountain / Slaughter Mountain / Cedar Run sweethearts |
Subjects |
women gifts Wounded in war Wounds & injuries Casualties, War War casualties dead persons |