Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Knife
Object Number:
INV.7833b
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Iron, antler
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 38.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Iron and antler knife; single-edged blade with prow-shaped point and curved, antler handle.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this knife was found by Reverend Roswell D. Hitchcock on the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and was presented to the Society by Bradford Hitchcock.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
