Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Button |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01501a-b |
Description |
Two US Regulation General Staff buttons with backmark "STEELE & JOHNSON." The buttons are sewn to a piece of black velvet with a handwritten history attached. |
Material |
Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
Dia-0.875 inches |
Owned |
Thomas J. Jackson [Stonewall Jackson]; Hunter Holmes McGuire |
Made |
Steele and Johnson |
Event |
wounding, death and burial of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, 1863 |
Provenance |
The buttons came from General "Stonewall" Jackson's coat after he was wounded at Chancellorsville. Dr. McGuire, Jackson's physician, cut off the buttons. |
People |
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) McGuire, Hunter Holmes |
Search Terms |
Battle of Chancellorsville |