Object Details
- recipient
- Hancock, Winfield Scott
- 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.
- ID Number
- AF.37245
- accession number
- 115588
- catalog number
- 37245
- Object Name
- relics
- 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
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg
- Related Publication
- Kagan, Neil, editor. Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Civil War
- Military
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Memorial
- Record ID
- nmah_1301434
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-e47a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
