Object Details
- wearer
- Sherman, William Tecumseh
- associated person
- Sherman, P.T.
- Description
- Pin made out of three United States Army staff buttons taken from the frock coat worn by Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman on his 1864 Savannah Campaign, popularly known as the "March to the Sea." An inscription engraved on the back of the center button reads "Worn by / Genl. W.T. Sherman / on the / March to the / Sea."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman
- associated date
- 1864-11
- ID Number
- AF.15953
- catalog number
- 15953
- accession number
- 59388
- Object Name
- pin
- Physical Description
- metal, gilt (buttons (3) material)
- Measurements
- overall, bagged: 6 in x 3 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 9.525 cm x 1.27 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Civil War
- Civil War memorialization
- Record ID
- nmah_410568
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-085d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
