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Small leather wallet with wrap-around suede strap. Dark brown rectangular bi-fold wallet opens to reveal cloth-lined flap on right, accordion-fold compartment on left. Made by J.O. Jennings of San Francisco. This wallet was carried during the Civil War by Charles R. Green of Lyndon, Kansas, while a soldier with the 101st Ohio Infantry. Green enlisted with the 101st Ohio in 1862. The regiment's major engagements included Stone River, Chickamauga (where Green was wounded several times), and Sherman's March to the Sea. Green mustered out in 1865, came to Kansas, married, and worked as a schoolteacher and farmer.
Creator: J. O. Jennings
Date: between 1861 and 1865
Item Number: 224280
KSHS Identifier: 1892.4.0
Collections - Museum
Date - 1861-1869
Military - Veterans
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Personal Gear - Wallet
Places - Cities and towns - Lyndon
Places - Counties - Osage
Places - Other States - California
Places - Other States - Ohio
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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