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Object Name |
Button |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01503 |
Description |
Two-piece brass Virginia State Seal button with thirteen stars; backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G / WATERBURY" . |
Material |
Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
Dia-0.875 inches |
Owned |
Thomas J. Jackson [Stonewall Jackson]; Martha Robb |
Made |
Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut |
Event |
wounding, death and burial of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, 1863 |
Provenance |
This button was cut from Thomas Jackson's coat by Mrs. Martha Robb while she nursed him after he was mortally wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, VA. |
People |
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Robb, Martha |
Search Terms |
Battle of Chancellorsville |