Bayonet
- Object Name:
- Bayonet
- Object ID:
- 1905.008.01
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Bayonet. Steel socket; 17.25" triangular blade; 3" socket; z-shaped mortise; clasp ring around socket; bridge around collar of socket; rounded elbow. Accompanying tag reads:"Bayonet from the Battlefield of Seven Pines, or Fair Oaks, fought May 31st, 1862 under Genl George B. McClellan. Presented by the Revd. Curtis Hoyt Dickins. Presented by the Rev. Curtis Hoyt Dickins/Chaplain U.S. Navy."
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.75 L-20.5 inches
- Provenance:
- A bayonet picked up from the Federal earthworks on the battlefield of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks during the Civil War.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Curtis Hoyt Dickins
- People:
- Dickins, Curtis H. (1866-1966)
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.