Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Button |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00304 |
Description |
Brass Virginia State Seal button with backmark "MITCHELL & TYLER / RICHMOND, VA" |
Dimensions |
Dia-0.875 inches |
Owned |
Philip Mallory Terrill |
Owner Regiment |
25th Virginia Infantry, Co. G 81st Virginia Militia Bodyguard - Gen. Richard S. Ewell 12th Virginia Cavalry, Co. B 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry, Co. A (2nd) |
Made |
Mitchell and Tyler |
Event |
Battle of Cedar Creek / Belle Grove |
Provenance |
The buttons, purse, pen holder, and bullet were the effects found on the body of Lt. Philip Mallory Terrill, of Co. A, 62nd Virginia Infantry and Bath County, Virginia, when he was mortally wounded during the Battle of Cedar Creek, near Manchester (Middletown) in Frederick County, Virginia, on November 12, 1864. |
People |
Terrill, Philip Mallory |
Search Terms |
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek / Belle Grove |
Subjects |
Casualties, War Dead persons War casualties Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |