Central Illinois in the Civil War, Day by Day : A Journey through the Civil War through the eyes of individual Soldiers, and their loved ones, with additional documentation provided by the newspapers of Central Illinois.
Credit Line:
Peoria Historical Society Collection
Description:
86th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Blue Satin ribbon with silver lettering. Has attached at top a pin with fake fold scroll design from which a medallion is suspended with 2 Civil War vets shaking hands. Small ribbon is red, white and blue with silver acorn. From the Collection of Catherine Wagner Sliester from Civil War Vet Henry A. Sliester.
Dimensions:
H—7.25 L—2.375 inches
Object ID:
9955.1.1
Object Name:
Badge, Membership
Source:
Sliester, Arthur
Accession#:
1955.5