Kepi worn by Henry S. Gansevoort, 7th New York
name: label: wearer
content: Gansevoort, Henry S.
notes: label: Description
content: Kepi-style cap worn by Henry S. Gansevoort when he served in the 7th New York National Guard before and during the American Civil War. The gray wool cap has black leather piping and a black leather visor with brass buttons, stamped "NG" in oak and palm wreath, affixed on each side of the visor. The cap has a band of black cloth around its edge and a braided loop at its back for hanging. A brass "8" insignia on the front of the cap was described by the donor as a mark that the wearer, Gansevoort, was a member of Company 8 of the 7th New York, although that designation does not appear to have existed as the 7th's companies were given alphabetic designations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Headgear
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Abraham Lansing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.12848
label: catalog number
content: 12848
label: accession number
content: 53757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cap
label: Other Terms
content: Cap; Man; M, New York; National Guard; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (visor material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (insignia material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (boxed): 11 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 28.575 cm x 29.21 cm x 29.21 cm