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Canteen (painted)


This canteen is believed to have been carried by a Union soldier at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. The painted scene is composed of a tent, with the national flag on top, guarded by a soldier. A campfire is painted off to the side.


Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
Bequest of Stephen E. Hagerman

 

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