Medicine Bottles
c 1862

Miraculously, during the Cairo raising operations, glass medicine bottles were recovered intact. Many were still filled with their original contents.

Bottle [far left]
Glass. H 7, Dia (base) 3.4, (neck) 1.4 cm
Vicksburg National Military Park, U.S.S. Cairo Museum, VICKC 160

Bottle [left]
Made by E.R. SQUIBB.
This bottle contains distilled water.
Glass. H 11.6; Dia 5.4 cm
Vicksburg National Military Park, U.S.S. Cairo Museum, VICKC 1338

Medicine Bottle [left]
Glass. H 15.9 Dia (base) 6.5, (neck) 2.5 cm
Vicksburg National Military Park, U.S.S. Cairo Museum, VICKC 12

Medicine Bottle [center]
Glass. H 15.2; Base L 6, W 3.7 cm
Vicksburg National Military Park, U.S.S. Cairo Museum , VICKC 1372

Medicine Bottle [near right]
Glass. H 7, Dia (base) 3.4, (neck) 1.4 cm
Vicksburg National Military Park, U.S.S. Cairo Museum, VICKC 159