Civil War Draft Wheel
Object Details
- Description
- Wooden draft wheel used during the Civil War. The names of men eligible for the draft were written on slips of paper and dropped into this wheel. An official pulled out names to fill the ranks of the Union army.
- Transfer from the War Department, 1919
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. War Department
- associated date
- 1861-1865
- ID Number
- PL.025222
- catalog number
- 25222
- accession number
- 64127
- Object Name
- lottery wheel
- draft wheel
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 ft; 1.8288 m
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_516035
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-2c9a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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