<i>Kearsarge</i> Cap
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
name: label: associated person
content: Ives, Nathan
notes: label: Description
content: During the Civil War enlisted men in the U.S. Navy wore flat hats like this one, which belonged to Nathan Ives, who served aboard the U.S.S. Kearsarge when it engaged the C.S.S. Alabama in 1864. These ships fought off the coast of Cherbourg, France on June 19th after the C.S.S. Alabama had repairs done in the French port. With weaker firepower than her Union counterpart, the C.S.S. Alabama was torn apart by a shot that penetrated the vessel at the waterline.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: France
label: associated place
content: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool
topic: label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: B. T. Nash
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.5854
label: catalog number
content: 5854
label: accession number
content: 25148
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
label: Other Terms
content: hat; Man; Navy; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 11 in x 9 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 27.94 cm x 24.13 cm