Medal

Manufacturer Mayes Brothers Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1865

MediumBronze

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Inscribed"Presented by the state of New Jersey to Lewis Stites Williams as a Veteran of the Union Forces in the Civil War 1861-1865". On obverse, the legend reads "Ready to die for the Honor of Our Country"

Credit LineGift of Lela Marshall Hine

Object number66.45.3

Not on view

DescriptionMedal #4628, showing a Union soldier standing iwth bayonet fixed before a canon and American flag. Medal hangs by three link chains form bar having coat of arms of NJ, flanked by 1861 and 1865.