Cribbage Board

Name/Title

Cribbage Board

Entry/Object ID

1920.3.2

Description

Wooden cribbage board. The front of the board has four rows of 30 holes around the outside with two additional holes in the center of each short end. There are five holes along the center of the board, each on an etched line. The back of the board is pasted with a piece of paper bearing the handwritten inscription, "This Cribbage Board was made from a fence rail, pierced with musket balls during the battle of Antietam, September Seventeenth 1862. The rail was taken from a fence in in front of the 2nd division of the 6th corps and the board was cut out and made by a private soldier in Batt's Brigade."

Context

Made from a fence rail that was pierced with musket balls during the Battle of Antietam. Owned by General William Farrar Smith.

Acquisition

Accession

1920.3

Source or Donor

Smith, Clara Farrar

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1862

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Board, Cribbage

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Gameboard

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Component, Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

3-3/4 in

Depth

7/8 in

Length

14-1/2 in

Material

Wood

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

3rd Vermont Infantry

Person or Organization

Smith, William Farrar (1824-1903)

Related Places

Place

City

St. Albans City

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Civil War