Box, Document

Object Name:

Box, Document

Object ID:

2012.031.11

Place of Origin:

Nashua, NH (probably)

Date:

circa 1840

Description:

Document box, used by Lieutenant James H. Marshall in Civil War. Rectangular pine box with domed, hinged cover. Covered with painted dark brown embossed oilcloth. Light brown scalloped edge trim and brass tacks. Cast brass handle on top and cast brass lock on front. Lined with brown block-printed wallpaper.

Material:

Wood
Pine

Dimensions:

H-7.4 W-8.6 L-16 D-0.1 Dia-0.8 inches

Provenance:

Part of a group of weapons and accessories used in the Civil War by James Hopkins Marshall, who was born May 22, 1840, in Nashua, NH, the son of John F. and Fanny J. (Hopkins) Marshall. In 1854 Marshall moved to Milwaukee, WI, working for his uncle R. H. Pearson, where he remained until 1857 when he returned to study at the Nashua High School. In 1858 he moved to Boston to work in the crockery store of his uncle George L. Marshall. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he enlisted as a Private, Co. F, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. After three months service and honorable discharge he enlisted as a Sergeant, Co. B, 8th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, in late 1861. He was promoted to Sergeant Major and Musician, Co. B., 1863; to Lieutenant, Co. G, 1864; and to Captain, Co. C, 1865. In 1870 Marshall became superintendent of the Cambric Mill at Webster, MA. He died of consumption on August 23, 1878, at Webster.

The collection was acquired by Charles Gilman from Zeke Liverant, antique dealer, Colchester, CT, in 1962. This box contained the revolver, powder flask, bugle, shoulder straps, bullets, buttons, and matches.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Gilman

People:

Marshall, James Hopkins (1840-1878)

Subjects:

Civil War