Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Albert H. Burroughs, a native of Houlton, wore the plate or buckle for a waist belt. A sergeant in Co. D of the 7th Maine Infantry, Burroughs was wounded in April 1862 at Antietam and honorably discharged for disability. He had enlisted in August 1861 at age 19.
After a short business career, he studied medicine and then practiced in Westbrook starting in 1878.
The eagle on the buckle holds a banner that reads, "E Pluribus Unum."
About This Item
- Title: Union waist belt buckle, ca. 1861
- Creation Date: circa 1861
- Subject Date: circa 1861
- Media: Brass, leather
- Dimensions: 5 cm x 13.5 cm
- Local Code: 1997.362.16
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864)
- Military uniforms--American
- Buckles
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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