Shell jacket worn by Henry S. Gansevoort
Shell jacket worn by Henry S. Gansevoort
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- Description
- Shell jacket worn by Henry S. Gansevoort when a member of the 7th New York National Guard in 1861, during the American Civil War. The cadet gray wool jacket has black lace trim on a standing collar, black shoulder straps, black cuff patches with three buttons, brown lining, and New York state buttons down its front.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Jacket
- Other Terms
- Jacket; Man; M, New York; Rgt 7; Officer
- associated date
- 1861 - 1865
- wearer
- Gansevoort, Henry S.
- Associated Place
- United States: New York
- Physical Description
- gray (overall color)
- wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (padded): 30 1/2 in x 20 in x 2 1/4 in; 77.47 cm x 50.8 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- AF.12843
- catalog number
- 12843
- accession number
- 53757
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Abraham Lansing
- subject
- Army
- National Guard
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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