Confederate Shoes
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Brown leather boots with buckle.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Next to the food shortage, the shortage of shoes was one of the most pressing problems for the Confederate Army. The Rebel army was a walking army. Many times they were without shoes but still marched into battle.
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
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0399.1600
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.1600
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Pair of
label: Other Terms
content: Shoes, Pair of; Man; CSA, Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 9.525 cm x 29.21 cm