Band, Barrel
- Object Name:
- Band, Barrel
- Object ID:
- 1995.529.20
- Date:
- 1859-1863
- Description:
- Rifle barrel band. Elliptical metal band with screw; secured barrel to wooden stock. Probably the middle band from a Sharps New Model 1859 rifle, as these were the rifles issued to Company F, U.S. Sharpshooters.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-0.22 W-1.6 D-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Tag attached to object states "Gun (unidentified) and powder flask carried in 'Battle of Wilderness' by Thomas Brown of Vt. who was killed in the last charge."
- People:
- Brown, Thomas H. (1823-1864)
- Subjects:
- Civil War
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