Box of relics from Gettysburg
Box of relics from Gettysburg
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- Description
- This wooden box full of metal shrapnel and debris from Gettysburg was presented in 1885 to Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. A little more than two decades earlier, Hancock was leading Union troops on the battlefield in order to repel Pickett's Charge. On July 3, 1863 he was shot through the thigh. The box of relics stood as a reminder of the dangers of war and the courage it took to face those dangers head on.
- If you look closely you can see the engraved names of where the relics were found on different areas of the battlefields of Gettysburg.
- Object Name
- relics
- recipient
- Hancock, Winfield Scott
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/4 in x 20 1/2 in x 2 in; 36.195 cm x 52.07 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- AF.37245
- accession number
- 115588
- catalog number
- 37245
- subject
- Memorial
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- Civil War
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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