Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bread |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01667 |
Date |
1865 |
Description |
Round pitted and hardened flour bread. |
Dimensions |
H-1 W-1.75 D-1.25 inches |
Owned |
unidentified Confederate soldier |
Made |
at or near Fort Delaware |
Provenance |
Small piece of bread given to a Confederate soldier of Pittsylvania County when discharged from Fort Delaware in June 1865. The soldier said that when he reached Baltimore he was given plenty of food and did not eat this bread. |
People |
unidentified Confederate soldier |
Search Terms |
Fort Delaware |
Subjects |
Food POW's Prisoners of war Prisoners Bread Rations |