Kepi worn by Henry S. Gansevoort while a Captain, 5th US Artillery
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gansevoort, Henry S.
notes: label: Description
content: Kepi-style cap worn by Henry S. Gansevoort when he served as captain in the 5th Artillery, United States Army, during the American Civil War. The kepi is made of dark blue wool with a black leather visor and patent leather chin strap affixed with brass buttons on each side of the visor. The buttons are standard US Army Artillery pattern, stamped with an eagle bearing a shield marked with an "A." The cap has a metallic thread crossed cannon insignia on its front, with the number 5 at the intersection designating the wearer is a member of the 5th Artillery. The cap has been marked Model 1872, but it was worn by Gansevoort during the Civil War, 1862-1863.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Civil War
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.12847
label: catalog number
content: 12847
label: accession number
content: 53757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cap
label: Other Terms
content: Cap; Man; Army; Artillery; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (visor material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (buttons 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