{"product_id":"american-civil-war-19th-century-oval-brass-snuff-box-discharge-paper-of-private-jonas-weeks","title":"American Civil War 19th Century Oval Brass Snuff Box \u0026 Discharge Paper of Private Jonas Weeks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn August 1862, a young Ohio farmer named Jonas Weeks enlisted in the Union Army.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 100th Ohio served through the campaigns in Kentucky and East Tennessee, the Atlanta Campaign and some of the hardest fighting of the closing years of the Civil War. At the Battle of Franklin in November 1864 alone, the regiment suffered 62 killed, wounded or missing from around 250 men engaged. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJonas made it through.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 19th-century brass snuff box belonged to Private Jonas Weeks of Company H, 100th Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers - his name still engraved in cursive across the lid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeeks enlisted on 7 August 1862 at just 21 years old, a farmer born in Wayne County, Ohio: five foot five, dark complexion, black eyes, brown hair. His regiment, raised at Toledo and with Company H recruited from Fulton County, went on to serve through some of the war’s major campaigns — the Defense of Cincinnati, the Knoxville Campaign, and the fight for Atlanta at Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain and beyond. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeeks served through to the end, mustered out with his regiment at Greensboro, North Carolina, on 20 June 1865.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat makes this piece special is that it doesn’t stand alone. It comes with his original discharge paper, hand-completed and signed by his commanding officers, and later formally recorded at the Lucas County Recorder’s Office in November 1866.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter three years of war, this was the piece of paper that told him he could finally go home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA small, personal object belonging to one man who served through the American Civil War, and the paperwork that tells us exactly who he was.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican Civil War | Private Jonas Weeks | Company H, 100th Ohio Volunteer Infantry | Original discharge certificate dated 20 June 1865 | Engraved 19th-century brass snuff box, 6.5 × 4.5 × 2.5cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorldwide tracked shipping available.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtraordinary Things, Americana 🇺🇸\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67451485880569,"sku":null,"price":775.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/7671\/5513\/files\/DSC_0166_dcd69704-f90a-4293-a985-188922546ca4.jpg?v=1792619353","url":"https:\/\/cobhamantiques.com\/products\/american-civil-war-19th-century-oval-brass-snuff-box-discharge-paper-of-private-jonas-weeks","provider":"Cobham Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}