The Captain John Edgell Tidd Collection : Artifacts collected, owned or used by Captain Tidd during his military service in the American Civil War.
Title:
Book, Prayer
Museum ID:
2004.63
Date:
c. 1862
Description:
Leather bound prayer book; label on front reads: "This Book was picked up on the Battle Field at Chancellorsville, VA by JET." Numerous inscriptions of various owners on front and back pages; "Prayer Lessons" on spine.
People associated with item:
Tidd, John Edgell
Source:
Mrs. John E Tidd
Subjects:
1860s
Books
Devotional literature
Devotional objects
Prayer books
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865
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