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THBCivil War POW Carved Powder Horn Identified to Nicholas S. Hawkins, 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captured at Red River
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LiveJun 9, 2017 - Jun 10, 2017
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Prisoner of war carved powder horn, 15 in. overall, neck of horn and spout octagon carved with nicely made wooden plug at bottom with deep, neat fluted channels encircling it and two wide rows (typical of other Tyler, TX horns).
Carved in 5 large lines filling half the length of the horn in all capital letters (some of them fancy edged): N. S. HAWKINS. / PRISONER OF WAR / TYLER TEXAS. / CAPTURED AT SNAGGY POINT ON RED RIVER, LA. / MAY 3’d 64. Nicholas S. Hawkins enlisted at the age of 37 on August 20, 1862. He mustered into Co. A, 120th OVI, as a musician, two months later, and HDS records of his capture match the inscription on the powder horn. Hawkins survived his imprisonment and mustered out at Camp Chase in Columbus on June 6, 1865.
Other carvings typical of the Camp Ford horns include a small log cabin with chimney and caption below it Nicks Cabin; a simple very large figure of a Union soldier running with a large American flag and on the other side a very large female figure of liberty holding in her left hand the flagpole with a large American flag flying above it and holding in her right hand a sword pointing downwards towards a large American shield at her lower leg and foot, the shield inscribed Union; an open winged American eagle holding a ribbon with the national motto on it; a small naval vessel and an interesting small view encircling bottom of the horn of a three horse team pulling a wagon with supplies on it and behind the wagon on the ground guarded by a soldier with a rifle on his shoulder standing by a flagpole with a small banner inscribed “Army,” under which are piles of barrels and crates with various labels Flour / Hard Tack / Coffee / Mess Beef / Pork / Rice / Sugar / Tea / Flour… and nearby those supplies a soldier labeled with a banner Confed with rifle on shoulder is seated on a bale of Cotton, a crate of Meal and a barrel of Mule Beef.
Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co. - Shipping Info
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