Coffee can
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
notes: label: Description
content: This coffee can belonged to Franklin Van Auken (Vanaken in New York State records) who used it during the Civil War. Van Auken enlisted on December 18, 1861 at the age of 21. He was mustered in as a private in Company K of the 26th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry, but was transferred to Company C within the next few months. Van Auken saw action in the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Fredericksburg. He was discharged for disability on February 25, 1863.
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.12071
label: catalog number
content: 12071
label: accession number
content: 52412
objectType: label: Object Name
content: can, coffee
label: Other Terms
content: can, coffee; Equipment, Individual; Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 6 in x 5 in; 12.7 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm