Collection Highlights
Mrs. William Walton (1708-1786)
ca. 1750
1902.4
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wood fragments from Confederate privateer Rattlesnake (ex-Nashville)
Object name
Wood fragments from Confederate privateer Rattlesnake (ex-Nashville)
Date
ca. 1863
Medium
Wood, paper, string
Dimensions
Overall: 100 x 52.5mm (3 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Description
Three pieces of wood tied with string. According to the accompanying labels they are pieces of the Confederate privateer Rattlesnake (ex-Nashville) that was burned in the Ogeechee River, Georgia, by U.S. gunboats in February, 1863. It was presented to the Naval History Society on January 10, 1930, by Frank Sachs, 172 East 85th Street, New York.
Credit Line
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Object Number
2008.42.390
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
