Object Details
- Crocker, John S.
- 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."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- AF.75528M
- accession number
- 296035
- catalog 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
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1289693
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9cc6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
