Ulysses Grant's Camp Chair
Ulysses Grant's Camp Chair
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- Description
- Physical Description
- Wood with a canvas seat.
- Specific History
- This camp chair was used by Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. After the war, Grant gave the camp chair to his former aid-de-camp George Goodsell of the 17th Michigan Infantry Regiment.
- Object Name
- chair
- Other Terms
- chair; Equipment, Individual; Army
- date made
- pre 1865
- associated dates
- 1861-1865
- user
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- associated place
- United States
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- wool (seat material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 14 cm x 46.5 cm x 60.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 18 5/16 in x 23 13/16 in
- overall: 30 1/2 in x 16 in x 16 1/2 in; 77.47 cm x 40.64 cm x 41.91 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0713.01
- catalog number
- 1985.0713.01
- accession number
- 1985.0713
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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