Brown, yellow, and green plaid cotton square with two hemmed and two selveged edges. Traditionally from a comfort bag distributed by Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis II (Eliza Henderson Boardman Otis) to Union Soldiers during the Civil War to be used as a bandage if injured.
bandages
cotton (textile)
plaids
checker pattern
Bandage
Unknown
26 (W) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Frederick Kingsbury
1981.62
Title Miniature portrait of Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis II (Eliza Henderson Boardman Otis) Accession Number 1926.51
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