Ulysses Grant's Camp Chair
date: label: date made
content: pre 1865
label: associated dates
content: 1861-1865
name: label: user
content: Grant, Ulysses S.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Wood with a canvas seat.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This camp chair was used by Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. After the war, Grant gave the camp chair to his former aid-de-camp George Goodsell of the 17th Michigan Infantry Regiment.
place: label: associated place
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
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: 1985.0713.01
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0713.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0713
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chair
label: Other Terms
content: chair; Equipment, Individual; Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (seat material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 14 cm x 46.5 cm x 60.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 18 5/16 in x 23 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 1/2 in x 16 in x 16 1/2 in; 77.47 cm x 40.64 cm x 41.91 cm