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Metadata
Object Name |
Button |
Catalog Number |
0985.11.00109d |
Description |
Brass U. S. Regulation General Service button with backmark, "HORSTMANN BROS. & CO / PHILA." |
Material |
Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
Dia-0.5 inches |
Owned |
Watson Meredith Gentry |
Made |
Horstmann Bros. & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Provenance |
Buttons from the overcoat of Dr. Watson Meredith Gentry, of the Provisional Army of Tennessee, and later of 17th Tennessee Infantry. |
People |
Gentry, Watson Meredith |
Search Terms |
Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Hoover's Gap Battle of Murfreesboro / Stones River Battle of Perryville Battle of Shiloh Bellevue Hospital |
Subjects |
Medical personnel Surgeons |