Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons
Object Number:
1943.492a-c
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1/2 in. ( 1.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: front: "A" (inside shield; Artillery); back: "HORSTMANN & CO./NY"
Description:
Brass buttons; stamped on front with eagle grasping branch in one talon, and arrows in other talon, with shield on breast.
Gallery Label:
These buttons were part of a uniform worn by James Lyall, who served with the 12th New York Infantry during the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur V. Lyall
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
