Service dress cap, Rear Admiral David G. Farragut
notes: label: Description
content: This service dress cap was worn by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut while directing the fire of the flagship Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay. In 1864, the Port of Mobile was one of the last two through which smugglers and blockade-runners could access the Confederacy and deliver much needed supplies. On August 5, 1864 Farragut launched an assault on the port, captured it, and closed it to the blockade-runners.
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Navy
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.17392
label: catalog number
content: 17392
label: accession number
content: 61288
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (brim material)