Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spurs
Object Number:
1956.218ef
Date:
1862-1866
Medium:
Brass, leather
Dimensions:
each overall: 5 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 10.5 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Brass arched band spurs with a split rectangle goads with a spiked wheel in the center; two barbell shaped weights hung from a brass loop on the side of the goads; brass buckle with a button above on the ends of the bands; chain boot straps attached to the buckles; leather boot straps attached to the buttons (only one extant).
Gallery Label:
These spurs were worn by Colonel Wickham Hoffman, Assistant Adjutant-General on General William Sherman's staff in 1862 and Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff to Major-General Canby in 1865. He was wounded at Port Hudson and Mansfield.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. William W. Hoffman, Mr. Francis Burrall Hoffman, Mr. Murray Hoffman and Colonel Albert Lincoln Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
