Mason, Albert (b. 1839) [Wood cane presented from one prisoner at Anersonville to another]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07271.11 Author/Creator: Mason, Albert (b. 1839) Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 cane ; 93.3 x 4 cm. Order a Copy
Wooden cane with a polished handle and an engraved metal label wrapped around it that reads: "Presented to Peter Quinn by Albert Mason a comrade and tent mate at Andersonville Prison, 1864." Quinn died at Andersonville on 8 October 1864.
Albert Mason joined Company A, 82nd Infantry Regiment of New York as a private on 15 September 1861. He was a POW at Andersonville in 1864.
Peter Quinn, originally from Troy, New York, joined Company A, 52nd Infantry Regiment of Illinois as a private on 31 December 1861. He was a POW at Andersonville, where he died on 8 October 1864.
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