Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Luce Center
Vial filled w/mud from last rebel ditch: Fort dam
Object Number:
INV.10314
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Glass, leather, cotton, dirt
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 in. ( 10.2 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Rectangular, clear vial with white leather cover tied over mouth with pink cotton thread; filled with dirt.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, the dirt in this vial was taken from the last ditch in the Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
