File:Bronze or bronze plated grapevine decorative elements from a coffin of a USCT veteran who may have been a mason and was buried (4112c45f-efa5-4978-b03f-7621b0010310).JPG

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English: Masonic Coffin Decorations
Photographer
English: NPS
Title
English: Masonic Coffin Decorations
Description
English:

Four brown, green, and gray items in the shape of a line partial plant leaves. On a black background with a ruler showing them as 3 cm, 4cm, 4cm, and 5 cm in length and 1-2 cm in width.

Bronze or bronze plated grapevine decorative elements from a coffin of a USCT veteran who may have been a mason and was buried between 1890-1891 in the Vicksburg National Cemetery. This individual was garrisoned at Vicksburg during the Civil War and stayed afterward and may have been an early member of the Stringer Lodge #1, the first African American Masonic Lodge established in Mississippi. From A Burial in Section T. This object will be reburied with the remains of the Veteran it was found with.

  • Keywords: Vicksburg; Vicksburg National Military Park; Vicksburg National Cemetery; national cemetery; USCT; United States Colored Troops; Civil War; African American; veteran
Depicted place
English: Vicksburg National Military Park, Warren County, Mississippi
Date Taken on 25 October 2023
Accession number
4112c45f-efa5-4978-b03f-7621b0010310
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
NPS Unit Code
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VICK
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English: Burial Objects from the National Cemetery

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