Pair of US Army Engineer Corps shoes
name: label: wearer
content: Thompson, Gilbert
notes: label: Description
content: To keep its troops marching, the Union bought millions of brogan-type leather shoes, such as this pair, from a legion of contractors utilizing new sewing and pegging machines. These shoes, issued to a U.S. Army engineer, served as models for those on a statue of General William T. Sherman near the White House in Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Shoe
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Amy Greer Thompson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.12761
label: catalog number
content: 12761
label: accession number
content: 53564
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, pair of
label: Other Terms
content: shoes, pair of; Man; Army; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 4 in x 10 in; 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm x 25.4 cm