1st Virginia Volunteers waist belt plate
date: label: date made
content: 1858-1861
label: associated date
content: 1861-1862
notes: label: Description
content: This waist belt plate was worn by soldiers of the 1st Virginia Volunteers, Confederate States Army. The brass, oval plate was manufactured around 1858-1860. Most likely the inscribed "CSA" was added after Virginia's secession from the Union.
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.60666M
label: catalog number
content: 60666M
label: accession number
content: 223708
label: collector/donor number
content: SK422
objectType: label: Object Name
content: insignia
label: Other Terms
content: insignia; CSA, Army; Belt Plate; Rgt 1, Virginia Volunteers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 7.9375 cm