Belt guard captured by Confederate Colonel John Mosby
notes: label: Description
content: Shield-shaped brown leather belt guard with stitched white detailing, part of a Union Army sword belt twice captured during the American Civil War. Originally worn by Union Army soldier Christopher W. Brandt, the sword and belt were captured by Confederate Lieutenant A. E. Richards, who with a party of 45 men from Colonel John Mosby's partisan rangers, captured Brandt near Cabletown, Virginia on March 10, 1864. Richards presented the sword and belt to Mosby, who kept it until it was recaptured by a contingent of the 13th New York Cavalry near Rectortown, Virginia on September 14, 1864. A paper label affixed to the front of the belt plate reads "This belt guard was taken from a belt captured from Col: Mosby C.S.A. at Rector-town Va. June 1864. the belt was captured from a Union officer by an officer of Mosbys command in the Valley of Virginia the year previous. H.S. Gansevoort Fort Pickens Fla: August 19th 1867".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: object
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.12836
label: catalog number
content: 12836
label: accession number
content: 53757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Belt, Part of
label: Other Terms
content: Belt, Part of; Man; Army; Service
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 6 in x 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 15.24 cm x 1.27 cm