Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Silver badge for Alexander Hill of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
1864-1865
Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Cross with a disk at center (pin on reverse). Front: "E. A.HILL. 54.Ms.Vol/ Co. A" incised around top of disk above Fort Sumter flying an American flag with water in the foreground; "James Isd", “Olustee", "Darien.", "Wagner" are engraved on arms of cross (clockwise from top).
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Catalog reference: 2011.51.7
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