Knife and fork

Description:

These utensils were issued in 1862 to Prisoner-of-War Colonel John S. Crocker, 93rd New York Volunteers, by the commandant of Libby Prison. A knife and fork would become hard to find once prisons became overcrowded. Many prisons became notorious "hell holes."

User: Crocker, John S.

Location: Currently not on view

Related Event: Civil War

Subject:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.75528MAccession Number: 296035Catalog Number: 77528M

Object Name: knife and fork

Physical Description: tin (overall material)bone (overall material)Measurements: overall: 9 1/4 in x 1 in x 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.27 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9cc6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1289693

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