POW dagger, Virginia, ca. 1861
Item 84643 info
Maine Historical Society
An unidentified Maine soldier made this dagger while he was a prisoner at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War.
The Confederates often sent captured Union officers to Libby Prison, so they would be close to the seat of government of the Confederacy and available for questioning about troops and the Union war effort.
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