Shell jacket worn by Henry S. Gansevoort
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
name: label: wearer
content: Gansevoort, Henry S.
notes: label: Description
content: Shell jacket worn by Henry S. Gansevoort when a member of the 7th New York National Guard in 1861, during the American Civil War. The cadet gray wool jacket has black lace trim on a standing collar, black shoulder straps, black cuff patches with three buttons, brown lining, and New York state buttons down its front.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: National Guard
label: Subject
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
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.12843
label: catalog number
content: 12843
label: accession number
content: 53757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jacket
label: Other Terms
content: Jacket; Man; M, New York; Rgt 7; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 30 1/2 in x 20 in x 2 1/4 in; 77.47 cm x 50.8 cm x 5.715 cm