Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Knife, Pocket |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01852 |
Description |
Folding pocket knife: two blade iron knife with bone handle. The blade is rusted and there is a deterioration of all metal parts. There are missing pins at the hinge end. The brass end caps are marked with an engraved figure of a horseman and inscribed above this: "Genl Taylor". |
Material |
Metal/Iron/Brass/Bone |
Dimensions |
H-7.75 W-0.5 inches |
Owned |
General Taylor (tentative) |
Provenance |
From a collection of relics from the battlefields of Cold Harbor and the Crater, picked up by John W. Drew. Believed owned/used during the war by a General Taylor (based upon inscription). |
People |
Drew, John W. Taylor, General |
Search Terms |
found on battlefield Overland Campaign (tentative) Peninsula Campaign (tentative) Petersburg Campaign / Siege of Petersburg (tentative) Seven Days Battles (tentative) |