Artillery shell fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Iron artillery shell fragment.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Ollive Mabbot
Object Number:
1936.588
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this shell fragment was cut from a tree trunk at Hampton Bay, Virginia by I.R. McWilliams, and later given to the donor. The shell was probably fired during the landing of Union troops there in 1861.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
40395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullets (29)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
largest: 1 x 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead bullets; conical.
Credit Line:
Gift of R.S. Burkhart, 1942
Object Number:
INV.8437.1-29
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these bullets were found by the donor in 1900 at Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40394
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Artillery shell fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 7.9 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Iron artillery shell fragment.
Credit Line:
Gift of E. Colgate
Object Number:
INV.8439.1
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this shell was taken from Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina on April 22, 1865.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead bullet.
Credit Line:
Gift of E.R. Beckwith
Object Number:
INV.8438.9
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this bullet was found on the Civil War battlefield at the Crater in Virginia by Thomas Stanley Beckwith, the donor's uncle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Lead bullets; conical, but flattened.
Credit Line:
Gift of E.R. Beckwith
Object Number:
INV.8438.8
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this bullet was found on the Civil War battlefield at the Crater in Virginia by Thomas Stanley Beckwith, the donor's uncle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40391
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullets (5)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
largest: 1 x 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead bullets; conical.
Credit Line:
Gift of E.R. Beckwith
Object Number:
INV.8438.3-7
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these bullets were found on the Civil War battlefield at the Crater in Virginia by Thomas Stanley Beckwith, the donor's uncle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40390
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullets (2)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead musket balls.
Credit Line:
Gift of E.R. Beckwith
Object Number:
INV.8438.1-2
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these bullets were found on the Civil War battlefield at the Crater in Virginia by Thomas Stanley Beckwith, the donor's uncle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40389
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Helmet
Classification:
Date:
1840-1865
Medium:
Brass, leather, iron, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 7.9 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Brass, leather, and iron powder flask; pear-shaped brass body with cylindrical mouthpiece at top of circular collar and hinged lever on side; stitched brown leather cover.
Credit Line:
Gift of Harry L. Shapiro
Object Number:
1950.68
Marks:
stamped: mouthpiece: "oz/2/1 3/4" body: "1 lb/4"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
40379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bullet mold
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. ( 15.9 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Steel bullet mold; two flat arms that extend into hinged middle and conical mold at front of each arm.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dorothy Barck
Object Number:
1954.143f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
40357
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge box, percussion cap box on belt w/buckle
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1855-1861
Medium:
Leather, brass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall (cartridge box): 4 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (12.1 x 19.4 cm)
Description:
Leather, brass, and tin cartridge box, percussion cap pouch, and waist belt fragment; stitched, rectangular leather box with horizontal belt loop sewn to back, flap with applied foliate brass lettering on front and strap that fastens to stud at bottom of box, and double compartment tin insert inside; sliding through loop on back of box is leather belt fragment that has corner-cut rectangular brass plate stamped with number at right end; belt runs through loop on back of stitched, circular cap pouch with sheepskin interior lining and flap that fastens to brass stud at bottom; white painted mark on back of belt.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Object Number:
1953.803a-c
Marks:
cast, applied: front cartridge box: "NY"
stamped: belt plate: "8" (8th Company)
painted: back of belt: "L.B. SMITH./7th Regt N.Y.S"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cartridge box and belt were used by Private L. Bayard Smith of the 8th Company, 7th Regiment, New York State Militia, during service in April, 1861.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
40314
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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