Piece of wood from the dead line at Andersonville prison
date: label: date made
content: ca.
label: date made
content: ca. 1864
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Piece of wood from the dead line at the Confederate prison for Union prisoners of war at Andersonville, Georgia. The block of wood bears a label which reads "piece of the Deadline from [Confederate] Andersonville Prison." Part of the General Edward D. Townsend collection of relics of the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Townsend was the principal executive officer of the US War Department during the Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia, Andersonville
label: associated place
content: United States: Georgia
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Prisoners of War
label: Subject
content: Confederacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18974
label: catalog number
content: 18974
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wood Piece
label: Object Name
content: relic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.81 cm