Ring
- Object Name:
- Ring
- Object ID:
- 1969.014.02
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Ring. Carved circular walnut band with wide, flat rectangular head. "S.Mountain / Antietam / Fredericksburg / Vicksburg / Jackson" engraved in feathered script, framed by engraved rectangular band, on silver rectangle inlaid on top of head. "Made by / a / Rebel" engraved in feathered script on silver shield inlaid on one side of band beneath head. "Lt. Sylvester / to / Capt. Stone" engraved in feathered script on silver shield inlaid on opposite side of band beneath head. Incised ring around exterior of band.
- Material:
- Wood
Walnut
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.4 L-0.9 Dia-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented to Captain Andrew Jackson Stone by Lieutenant George P. Sylvester; both men were originally members of Company F, 9th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Cilley Stone
- People:
- Stone, Andrew J. (1828-1864), Sylvester, George P. (1837-1864), Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)
- Subjects:
- Civil War
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