Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Wood, Fragment |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.02199 |
Description |
Piece of wood. Paper label previously attached to wood; written in the same hand as (FIC2009.04935b). |
Event |
Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg |
Provenance |
One of two pieces of wood associated with the battlefield of Antietam, and were picked up as souvenirs on July 17, 1868. "A piece of wood off Burn(side's) / Bridge found July 17th 1868. Six y(ears after) / the battle / Sharpsburg / Antietam / MD" (label) "Piece of wood of bridge over which part of army passed to Battle of Sharpsburg." (accession ledger) |
People |
Burnside, Ambrose Everett |
Search Terms |
found on battlefield |
Subjects |
Bridges |