Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Button |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01547 |
Description |
Brass Confederate block "I" button with backmark "SUPERIOR QUALITY." |
Material |
Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
Dia-0.875 inches |
Owned |
J. L. Smith |
Owner Regiment |
118th Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. K |
Event |
Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad / Globe Tavern |
Provenance |
The button was taken from a Confederate Sergeant's coat by Corporal J. L. Smith, Co. K, 118th Pennsylvania Infantry in August 1864. It was at "The Flowers House" on the Weldon Railroad, Virginia, where the sergeant lay wounded with five bullets through the calf of his right leg. Smith gave the button to the donor in 1894. |
People |
Smith, J. L. unidentified Confederate soldier |
Search Terms |
found on battlefield items captured by Union soldiers items captured from Confederate soldiers items taken by Union soldiers items taken from Confederate soldiers Items taken North by Union soldiers and later returned South Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad / Globe Tavern United States Army |
Subjects |
Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |