- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Peterson, Marquis, American, 1832 - 1896
- Subject of
- 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1863 - 1865
- Date
- late 19th century
- Medium
- cotton (fiber), brick
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2017.78.2a (bag)): 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 7/8 in. (14 × 8.9 × 2.2 cm)
- H x W x D (2017.78.2b (brick)): 1 7/8 × 1 5/8 × 3/4 in. (4.8 × 4.1 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- A cotton bag (2017.78.2a) containing a piece of brick (2017.78.2b) from Fort Sumter owned by Marquis Peterson. The bag is brownish white and has a braided drawstring at top. Hand written in black ink on the front of the bag is “THIS ROCK / WAS FROM / FT. SUMTER / M. PETERSON / 55 MVI.” The brick is reddish brown and is flat on the top and bottom. The four sides are irregular in shape and rough. The brick piece has several cracks throughout.
- Place collected
- Fort Sumter, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Topic
- Free communities of color
- Military
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.78.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




