9th Minnesota Infantry pass for Colonel Alexander Wilkin, 1864

Titles: 9th Minnesota Infantry pass for Colonel Alexander Wilkin, 1864 (Supplied title)

Description: Rectangular paper pass reads, in part, "HEAD-QUARTERS DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, / Memphis, Tenn, 22 June 1864. / Patrols will pass Col Wilkin / 9" Minn Infty / through the city for three (3) days. / By Order of Brig. Gen'l R. P. BUCKLAND." Colonel Alexander Wilkin was killed the following month in the Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi. Wilkin was the highest ranking officer from Minnesota to die in the war.

Dates

• 1864 (Date issued) (Creation)
• Exactly 06/22/1864 (Use)

Creation

• used by: Wilkin, Colonel Alexander
• other type: United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 9th (1862-1865)

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 4232.H583.2

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 7 1/2 inches width
• 3 1/2 inches height

Subjects

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