Sugar bag
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
notes: label: Description
content: Sugar was a prized ration that hardly ever went bad. This sugar bag and the sugar that was in it, belonged to Byron Simeon Blake. Blake enlisted August 11, 1862 and was mustered in as a musician in the 140th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry. This regiment saw action in major battles such as the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Battle of Gettysburg. Blake mustered out June 3, 1865.
label: Location
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topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Food
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nellie Blake Henry Hummer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58176M
label: catalog number
content: 58176M
label: accession number
content: 206541
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bag
label: Object Name
content: sack
label: Object Name
content: sugar
label: Object Name
content: ration
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 5 in x 1/2 in; 18.415 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.27 cm