Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Key |
Catalog Number |
0985.10.00014 |
Description |
Key: Brass key with oval bow, stem decorated with rings. |
Material |
Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
L-3.25 inches |
Owned |
Henry F. Rivers |
Owner Regiment |
CSS Chicora |
Event |
Carolinas Campaign |
Provenance |
Brass key taken from the wreck of the Confederate ironclad gunboat CSS Chicora, after it was sunk about 4,800 feet south of the Cooper River Bridge in Charleston Harbor when US General Sherman occupied the city. The engine in this boat was taken out in the 1870s and is said to have been used at Pregnall's Shipyard later on. The wreck was dredged in 1929 and the key was removed from the it at that time by the authority of Henry F. Rivers, assistant Engineer, US Engineers, Charleston, South Carolina. |
People |
Rivers, Henry F. |
Search Terms |
Carolinas Campaign Sherman's March Sherman's March from the Sea Charleston, South Carolina SIege of Charleston |
Subjects |
Shipwrecks |