Hardtack
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Stephen Walkley Jr.
American, 1832 - 1915
Date1864
MediumFlour, water, salt
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineGift of Abbott Lowell Cummings
DescriptionSquare cracker, or biscuit, with holes. A handwritten paper label adhered to one side reads: "Hard Tack / Issued to me in front of / Petersburg Va Sept. 12, 1864 / Stephen Walkley Jr. / Private, Co. A. 7th Conn. Vols."
Object number2007.68.4
InscribedA handwritten paper label adhered to one side of the biscuit reads: "Hard Tack / Issued to me in front of / Petersburg Va Sept. 12, 1864 / Stephen Walkley Jr. / Private, Co. A. 7th Conn. Vols."On View
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Lieutenant William Augustus Wetmore
1887-1895
Stephen Bulkeley
