Chapeau
date: label: associated date
content: 1856
name: label: associated person
content: Forsyth, Frederick
notes: label: Description
content: Chapeau worn by Frederick Forsyth of the Portland Rifle Company, late 1850s. Little is recorded in the museum files about Forsyth, but we do know he was commissioned as a Captain of Company A, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Volunteer Militia, State of Maine. He resigned his commission on April 26, 1861.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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: Thomas S. Forsyth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35633(1)
label: catalog number
content: 35633(1)
label: accession number
content: 96111
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chapeau
label: Other Terms
content: chapeau; Man; M, Portland Rifle Corps; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 16 in x 4 in; 27.94 cm x 40.64 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 16 in x 3 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 40.64 cm x 8.89 cm