Handkerchief
- Object Name:
- Handkerchief
- Object ID:
- 2012.046
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Handkerchief. Machine-woven cotton, white with red printed floral band border and overall printed pattern of circles. Belonged to Robert R. Holmes (1829-1864) of Carroll, NH, private in the 3rd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-16 W-16 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Robert R. Holmes (1829-1864) of Carroll, NH, private in the 3rd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He died of wounds sustained at Drewry's Bluff, VA, in May 1864.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Holmes Family
- People:
- Holmes, Robert R. (1829-1864)
- Subjects:
- Civil War
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