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Object Name |
Coin |
Catalog Number |
0985.09.00162a-d |
Description |
Four (4) coins (.162A-D). Contained within a change purse (.162), with six bullets (E-J), with everything is stored inside a watch box (K). One or two of the coins are dented. |
Dimensions |
W-3.5 L-3 inches |
Owned |
Robert Daniel Johnston |
Owner Regiment |
23rd North Carolina State Troops, Co. K, "Beattie's Ford Rifles" 12th North Carolina State Troops Johnston's Brigade (includes 5th, 12th, 20th, and 23rd North Carolina State Troops, and 2nd Battalion North Carolina) |
Provenance |
Brig. Gen. Robert Daniel Johnston carried this coin purse during the war. He had it in his pocket when he was badly wounded (at either: Gettysburg, in the jaw, neck, and collarbone; Spotsylvania Court House, in the head; or Seven Pines, in the arm, face, and neck). Silver coins in the purse probably saved his life since a bullet entered the purse and buried itself in the coins. |
People |
Johnston, Robert Daniel |
Search Terms |
Battle of Gettysburg (tentative) Battle of Seven Pines / Fair Oaks (tentative) Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (tentative) items struck by bullets items that stopped bullets Overland Campaign (tentative) Peninsula Campaign (tentative) |
Subjects |
Money Currency Coins Life saving Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |