Piece of hardtack
Artist
C. WAINWRIGHT
Date1862-1863
MediumCracker
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineGift of Lillian Wainwright
Object number1935.44.3.1
DescriptionPiece of hardtack sent home by Charles Wainwright during the Civil War. They were given twelve of these squares for a day's ration. Sent to his mother while he was in the army. It is inscribed. Framed, set in cotton batting. Enclosed in a glass- top box.On View
Not on viewCollections
[1851-1854].
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