Book

Name/Title

Book

Entry/Object ID

1943.17

Description

Miniature New Testament Bible. The book is bound in black leather and the cover secures closed with a flap opposite the binding. The flap would be tied with a cord inserted through two holes on the front cover, now missing.

Context

Owned by Almeron C. Inman during the Civil War. The bible was stolen from Inman's knapsack by a Confederate soldier during the Battle of Wilderness. Years later, after Inman's associate Dr. E. J. Foster placed an advertisement in a newspaper in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for the Bible's return, Davis B. Berry gave it back.

Acquisition

Accession

1943.17

Source or Donor

Nye, Rowland F.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1860

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

2-3/8 in

Length

13/16 in

Material

Paper, Leather

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Inman, Almeron C.

Related Events

Event

Civil War