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Knife, fork, and plate from Libby Prison


This knife, fork, and plate was issued to prisoner of war Colonel John S. Crocker, 93rd New York Volunteers, by the commandant of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, and used by him at Libby and Salisbury prisons, 1862.


Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forcers History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
Gift of Mrs. Nelson Head

 

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