Confederate Woman’s Cloak
date: label: associated date
content: 1865-1870
notes: label: Description
content: This cloak was made from captured Confederate Army gray cloth and was worn by a woman. The donor indicates that this cloak was made at the first Freedmen's School in Richmond, Virginia. After the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau aided the establishment of schools to educate emancipated African-Americans.
label: Description
content: The cloak is gray wool with three large brass eagle buttons and a 15" long hood. The circumference of the bottom edge of the cloak measures 184 inches. The inside of the cloak is fully lined with red wool.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: Margaret Hillhouse
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35009
label: catalog number
content: 35009
label: accession number
content: 87112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cloak
label: Other Terms
content: cloak; Female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: green/gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (lining color)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 184 in; 88.9 cm x 467.36 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 47 in x 184 in x 4 in; 119.38 cm x 467.36 cm x 10.16 cm