US Army Model 1851 dress cap worn by William T. Sherman
date: label: date made
content: ca 1851
name: label: wearer
content: Sherman, William Tecumseh
notes: label: Description
content: US Army Model 1851 dress cap worn by William Tecumseh Sherman. The shako-style hat is made of cardboard covered in a dark blue cloth, with a cap band of a dark blue wool with a gold thread insignia consisting of the letters "U.S." in a wreath. The hat's brim is missing but its black leather chin strap is still attached at one side with a US general service button. Sherman wore this cap when serving as a Captain in the Subsistence Department in 1851.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: William Tecumseh Sherman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.15932
label: catalog number
content: 15932
label: accession number
content: 59388
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap
label: Object Name
content: hat
label: Object Name
content: shako
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (chin strap material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (button 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