Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Medal, Commemorative |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01901 |
Date |
1863 |
Description |
Gold/brown metal Stonewall Brigade commemorative medal cast with bas relief classical profile of Stonewall Jackson on one side with a raised etter inscription, "LIEUT. GENERAL T. J. JACKSON, STONEWALL, BORN 1821, DIED 1863.", maker's name "CAQUE" below bust; reverse cast with list of battle honors: "KEARNSTOWN, FRONT ROYAL, MIDDLETOWN, WINCHESTER, STRASBURG, HARRISONBURG, PORT REPUBLIC, MECHANICSVILLE, COLD HARBOUR, WHIITE OAK SWAMP, MALVERN HILL, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, MANASSAS" surrounded by a wreath of laurels and corn stalks with intertwined ribbon with additional battle honors: "BULL RUN / SUDLEY / CHANTILLY / HARPERS FERRY / MARTINSBURG / SHEPARDSTOWN / ANTIETAM / FREDERICKSBURG / THE WINDERNESS", stand of arms and shield with "DEO VINDICI"; at base of wreath; medal originally housed in a small blue box marked "C. LUMSDEN & SON JEWELERS, 823 Main St. Richmond, Va.", the pieces of which have been stored in a flat file. |
Dimensions |
W-2.75 L-2.75 Dia-2 inches |
Owned |
Alvin C. Fry |
Owner Regiment |
5th Virginia Infantry, Co. L, "West Augusta Guard" |
Made |
Armand Auguste Caque, Paris, France |
Provenance |
The Stonewall Brigade medal was designed and executed in Paris in 1863. Col. C. A. L. Lamar ordered the medals for distribution to survivors of the Stonewall Brigade while in Paris on state business for Georgia. Lamar was killed in battle prior to the medals' arrival to the C.S.A. The medals were run through the blockade at Wilmington, North Carolina and consigned to Mr. Antoine Poullain of Augusta, Georgia. They were stored in a cotton warehouse there until the Union troops entered the city. A few years later, Mr. Poullain shipped the remaining medals to Col. Lamar's widow in Savannah, where they were stored for thirty years. Mrs. C. A. L. Lamar discovered the medals and presented them to the Charter Chapter, UDC, Georgia Division to be disposed of for their benefit. Alvin C. Fry, a member of Co. L, 5th Virginia Infantry, owned this medal. |
People |
Fry, Alvin C. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) |
Subjects |
Blockade running Blockades |