Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Brush, Clothes |
Catalog Number |
1977.015 |
Description |
Brush: Oblong wooden brush with eleven rows of natural hair bristles. The bristle groups are wired into the wood through a series of punched holes. The bristle board is a narrow rectangle is shape with slightly rounded arches on the short ends. On board back, at one of the short ends, a nail has been added. The bristles light colored. A paper label is affixed to the board and reads: "Clothes Brush - Personal property / of Jeff Davis, Leader of the / Confederate States - "Appropriated" / by Oliver P. Barr, Co. D of the 7th Pa. / Vol. Cav. while with detail guard / ing Davis after capture" |
Dimensions |
H-0.875 W-1.75 L-1.625 inches |
Owned |
Jefferson Davis; Oliver P. Barr |
Event |
flight and capture of Jefferson Davis, 1865 |
Provenance |
The brush was the personal property of Jefferson Davis and "appropriated by Oliver P. Barr, Co. D of the 7th Pennsylvania Volunteer cavalry while guarding Davis after his capture." |
People |
Davis, Jefferson Barr, Oliver P. |
Search Terms |
flight and capture of Jefferson Davis, 1865 items captured by Union soldiers items captured from Confederate soldiers items taken items taken by Union soldiers items taken from Confederate soldiers United States Army |