Object Record
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Object Name |
Shawl |
Description |
Half of shawl used by Agnes Conway Smith from Alton Farm near Bethel Church, to cover dead nephew, Captain David Smith after the First Battle of Manassas. The other half was given to family of Union Soldier to cover his body, Union family returned their half. See account by Lucy Blackwell Jones. |
Dimensions |
L-61.75 inches |
Collection |
Civil War |
Source |
Lucy (Blackwell) Jones |