Central Illinois in the Civil War, Day by Day : A Journey through the Civil War through the eyes of individual Soldiers, and their loved ones, with additional documentation provided by the newspapers of Central Illinois.
Credit Line:
Peoria Historical Society Collection
Description:
deer horn incised with a portrait of Liberty and a Shield with flags.
Inscribed "J.S.Hirst, Co. G. 77th Ill Vol. Captured at the battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864———Louisiana. Prisoner at Camp Ford, Texas."
Dimensions:
W—3.5 L—13.5 inches
Object ID:
1934.9.14
Object Name:
Horn, Powder
Source:
Hirst, Ella
Provenance:
made from the horn of a Mexican steer by a civil war soldier for John S. Hirst
Old#:
22
Material:
Horn
Date:
1864
Collection:
John S. Hirst Collection
Accession#:
1934.9