Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Box |
Catalog Number |
0985.03.00126a |
Description |
Wooden box with a sliding top (a). The top is slightly beveled on the sides and has two indentations on one side. Written in pencil on the inside of the lid: "Gen. Chilt[?] C.J. Henry[?] RIchmond, VA". A handwritten history of the set is on the outside of the box: "Box / Made from a balk of / Genl. McClelland's Pontoon / Bridge Across the / Chickahominy taken / right before Richnond". |
Dimensions |
H-3.25 W-3.5 L-6 inches |
Event |
Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) |
Provenance |
Box from a piece of pontoon bridge used by McClellan's army. "Box made from one of the balks of Genl. McClellan's pontoon bridge across the Chickahominy near Richmond, and a set of chess men." |
People |
McClellan, George Brinton |
Search Terms |
Seven Days Battles Peninsula Campaign |
Subjects |
Games Gaming Chess Pontoon bridges Souvenirs |