Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Sugar |
Catalog Number |
0985.06.00132 |
Description |
Glass bottle with flat sides, a round throat, and a glass stopper containing sugar. A paper label is adhered to the bottle, marked: "SHIPPED BY C. O'CALLAGHAN Per Braam E.L. Hall Date Oct 8/864 Mark CO + 1/5" |
Material |
glass/wax/sugar/paper/ink |
Dimensions |
H-4.5 W-1.625 D-1.625 inches |
Owned |
E. Courtney Jenkins; unidentified Union merchantman vessel |
Owner Regiment |
CSS Chickamauga |
Provenance |
Bottle of sugar captured by E. Courtney Jenkins of the cruiser CSS Chickamauga from a Yankee merchantman vessel. Said to have served nine portions. The CSS Chickamauga departed Wilmington in October 1864. She captured six prizes off New York -- including the "Emily L. Hall" on October 31, 1864, from which this bottle is believed to have been taken (based upon "E. L. Hall inscription) -- before returning to Wilmington in November. She transported ammunition to Fort Fisher during its bombardments in December 1864 and January 1865. |
People |
Jenkins, Edward Courtney |
Search Terms |
items captured by Confederate soldiers items captured from Union soldiers items taken by Confederate soldiers items taken from Union soldiers United States Navy Confederate States Navy |
Subjects |
Food blockades blockade running navies Commerce raiding |