Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Hair |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01200a |
Description |
The souvenir consists of a lock of hair wrapped in ruled paper, written on the outside, "Lock of Hair of Gen. R. E. Lee." This lock of Lee's hair is associated with another such lock in blue paper (.1200). |
Material |
hair (human) |
Dimensions |
H-2.25 W-5.25 inches |
Owned |
Clarence A. Warner |
Owner Regiment |
1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Co. D (US) |
Provenance |
This lock of Lee's hair was found in a little book taken from "Arlington," Lee's home, by Clarence A. Warner of Co. D, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. Warner's unit was quartered at "Arlington" in 1862. He kept the book and cherished it for 65 years. Just before Warner's death, he gave it to Mrs. A. P. Chute with the request that it be returned to the Lee family. |
People |
Lee, Robert E. Warner, Clarence A. Chute, A. P., Mrs. |
Search Terms |
items captured by Union soldiers items captured from Confederate soldiers items taken by Union soldiers items taken from Confederate soldiers Items taken North by Union soldiers and later returned South United States Army |
Subjects |
hair |