
G. W. Rich stenciled the words Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and Atlanta on this cane to commemorate three Civil War battles—the Union victories at Chattanooga under General Ulysses S. Grant and at Atlanta under General William T. Sherman; and the Confederate victory at Chickamauga, Georgia, under General Braxton Bragg.
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Cane inscribed CHATTANOOGA, CHICKAMAUGA and ATLANTA
- Artist
- Date
- probably 19th century
- Location
- Dimensions
- 35 1⁄8 x 7⁄8 x 7⁄8 in. (89.2 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm.)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- carved, inlaid, and stained white ash with metal
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- Animal – reptile – snake
- Object Number
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1986.65.2
- Palette
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