Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Handkerchief |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01666 |
Description |
The handkerchief is white silk with a red border. Black printed portraits of prominent Confederate leaders are printed on the white background. Jefferson Davis is at center, surrounded by (clockwise from top): Joseph E. Johnston, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, James M. Mason, Robert E. Lee, Raphael Semmes, P. G. T. Beauregard, John Slidell, and John Hunt Morgan. |
Material |
Fabric/Silk |
Owned |
Adolphus B. Withenburg |
Owner Regiment |
191st Ohio Infantry 177th Ohio Infantry, Co. D |
Made |
W. H. Tucker Kayess, London, England, Great Britain |
Event |
Battle of Wilmington (tentative) |
Provenance |
This handkerchief was captured at Wilmington, NC, in February 1865 by Adolphus B. Withenburg of Shelby, Michigan. Private Adolphus B. Withenburg served in the 191st Ohio Infantry and the 177th Ohio Infantry, Co. D. As part of the 177th, Withenburg was involved in operations at Fort Fisher and Wilmington. It is likely that Withenburg captured the handkerchief after the capture of Wilmington, following the Battle of Wilmington on February 11-12, 1865. |
People |
Withenburg, Adolphus B. Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (P. G. T.) Davis, Jefferson Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Lee, Robert E. Mason, James Murray Morgan, John Hunt Semmes, Raphael Slidell, John |
Search Terms |
Battle of Wilmington (tentative) items captured by Union soldiers items taken items taken by Union soldiers Trent Affair United States Army Wilmington, North Carolina |
Subjects |
Blockade running Blockades Captures |