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THBLibby Prison POW Carved Knife Identified to Brevet Brigadier General Charles W. Tilden, 2nd Maine Infantry, Captured at Getty
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Knife stamped Wilson, Hawksworth, Ellison & Co. / Sheffield, 6 in. blade plus 3.25 in. wood handle, which has been carved Chas. W. Tilden on one side and Libby Prison / Richmond, Va. on the other.
A lifelong resident of Maine, Charles William Tilden (1832-1914) enlisted in late May of 1861 and was commissioned a first lieutenant in Co. B, 2nd Maine Infantry. He was promoted to captain within a month and made lieutenant colonel of the 16th Maine at its inception in the summer of 1862. In January of 1863, Tilden was made colonel of the 16th and commanded the regiment at Chancellorsville and then Gettysburg, where they fought north of Chambersburg Road on the first day of the battle before being given the unenviable task of covering for their comrades as they retreated toward the town. Battle reports note that they performed valiantly, allowing 16,000 Union men to escape to safer ground before being overwhelmed. As the enemy was bearing down, Colonel Tilden approved his soldiers' request to destroy the regimental flag rather than see it fall into Confederate hands, with each soldier hiding a small piece on his body. All but 38 men were killed, wounded, or captured, with Tilden himself being taken prisoner and transported to Macon and Columbia before ending up at Libby Prison in Richmond. He was one of the 100+ men who famously escaped through the tunnel dug in the "Rat Hell" section of the prison in February 1864, and he returned to service to serve through the end of the war, earning a brevet to brigadier general in the omnibus promotions of March 1865.
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