Navy Jumper
date: label: associated dates
content: 1864-08-29 through 1865-06-03
name: label: user
content: Pratt, Charles Gillette
notes: label: Description
content: Jumpers like this one were worn by enlisted men in the U.S. Navy. This particular jumper belonged to Charles Gillette Pratt, who enlisted on August, 29, 1864 and served aboard the U.S.S. Rhode Island. The U.S.S. Rhode Island had performed many and varied military activities during its tenure in the war. One activity of note was its participation in the Union siege of Fort Fisher in North Carolina on January 15, 1865. The successful land and water attack strangled supply lines to Lee’s army and dealt a crushing blow to Confederate efforts.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Idaho, Twin Falls
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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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: 1993.0433.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0433.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0433
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jumper
label: Other Terms
content: jumper; Uniform; Navy; Enlisted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 30 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in; 77.47 cm x 62.23 cm