Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Hair |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01221 |
Date |
1867 |
Description |
The souvenir consists of a lock of hair attached to a card labeled, "JEFFERSON DAVIS' HAIR / Cut from his head the / day of his release 1867" beneath lock of hair. |
Material |
hair (human) |
Event |
imprisonment of Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, 1865-1867 |
Provenance |
The lock of hair came from Jefferson Davis' head the day he was released from Fortress Monroe. The hair was originally framed with locks of hair from Henry Heth (.1220), Robert E. Lee (.1222), Edward Johnson (.1223), and J. E. Johnston (.1224-.1224a). |
People |
Davis, Jefferson |
Search Terms |
Fortress Monroe imprisonment of Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, 1865-1867 |
Subjects |
hair |