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Object Name |
Box, Cartridge |
Catalog Number |
TRE2005.001.002 |
Description |
Leather and brass cartridge box. Front cover has brass "US." Interior has small side pocket and deep central pocket with two tin or other metal divided containers. Stamped on interior cover is "Sgt. Chas English/ 108 USCT" |
Material |
Leather/Metal/Brass |
Dimensions |
H-7 W-8.25 D-2.5 inches |
Owner Regiment |
108th United States Colored Troops |
Provenance |
Charles English, a sergeant in Company C of the 108th U.S. Colored Infantry. He enlisted on June 28, 1864, at Lebanon, Kentucky, and died of dysentery in Vicksburg while still serving in the army, on August 27, 1865. |
People |
English, Charles |
Search Terms |
black soldiers Rock Island Prison, Illinois USCT's |
Subjects |
Civil War, U.S. African Americans soldiers Prisons Prison guards |