Cane
- Object Name:
- Cane
- Object ID:
- 1906.005.03
- Place of Origin:
- Spotsylvania, VA
- Date:
- 1864-1900
- Description:
- Cane. Knotty wood, with a rounded top and having a 1.3" steel and plated tapered metal ferrule with straight-sided steel tip. Ferrule held in place with metal pin. ~15 different short segments of shaft. Each short curves terminates at knot in wood. Knots on different sides.
Marked hand-written script: "B. Angle / Spotsylvania". Wood diameter at top: 0.7". Diameter near middle: 0.55". Wood diameter just above ferrule: 0.5". - Material:
- Wood
Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-36.3 Dia-1.1 inches Weight-4 oz
- Provenance:
- Bloody Angle was the location of the Union attack under Grant, May 12-13, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA, May 8-21, 1864.
Horace W. Harmon Collection. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Canes
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