Iron bolt from the U. S. Monitor Weehawken
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1862
label: Associated Date
content: 1862-1863
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Iron bolt from the pilot house of the United States Navy monitor Weehawken, broken by shots from Confederate cannon during the American Civil War. The USS Weehawken was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor launched in 1862, saw service in and around Charleston Harbor, and sunk in a gale in 1863. This object is 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 War Department during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: South Carolina, Charleston
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Naval History
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. E. M. Chapman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18971
label: catalog number
content: 18971
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bolt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 3 in; 25.4 cm x 7.62 cm