Drawstring bag, Skowhegan, ca. 1864
Contributed by Skowhegan History House
Item 11820
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This small homemade drawstring bag held many small military and personal objects carried by Lt. Crawford during the Civil War. It contained buttons and bullets, a piece of flint, metal washers and some unidentified items.
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- Title: Drawstring bag, Skowhegan, ca. 1864
- Creation Date: circa 1864
- Subject Date: circa 1864
- Town: Skowhegan
- County: Somerset
- State: ME
- Media: Patterned Cloth
- Local Code: 1004_hh_usms_itl
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Skowhegan History House
66 Elm Street, PO Box 832, Skowhegan, ME 04976
(207) 474-6632
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Crawford, Alexander
Bags
Ditty bags
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Alexander Crawford, Jr.Crawford, Alexander
Civil War
Crawford, Alexander Jr.
Drawstring bag
military objects
Skowhegan
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