Flag staff fragments

Titles: Flag staff fragments (Supplied title)

Description: Two fragments of a wood flag staff that stood at Andersonville, a Georgia military prison, during the Civil War. Andersonville became notorious after the war for its poor treatment of prisoners and as the site of the deaths of approximately 13,000 Union men from starvation, disease and abuse. The flag pole fragments were collected by Levi Longfellow in 1916.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1861 - Not later than 1865 (Use)
• Exactly 1916 (Discovery)

Creation

• owned/used by: Longfellow, Levi

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 6985.2.1,2

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 2 items

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 8 1/2 inches length (6985.2.1)
• 1 1/2 inches width (6985.2.1)
• 13/16 inch depth (6985.2.1)
• 2 9/16 inches length (6985.2.2)
• 1 15/16 inches width (6985.2.2)
• 2 1/2 inches depth (6985.2.2)

Subjects

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