Confederate shell jacket worn by Alex Hunter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860-1862
label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
label: associated date
content: 1862-08-31
name: label: wearer
content: Hunter, Alex
notes: label: Description
content: Shell jacket worn by Private Alexander Hunter of the 17th Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia. The jacket was originally issued to a private in the 8th Virginia Infantry, but when that man was killed at the Second Battle of Manassas, August 31, 1862, his sister gave it to Hunter, who was wearing a tattered jacket at the time. Hunter continued to wear the jacket throughout the war, including his service with the 4th Virginia Cavalry, the "Black Horse Cavalry," and was wounded twice while wearing it. The single-breasted medium gray wool shell jacket has seven button holes down the front. The jacket is fully lined with green and brown brocade, with its sleeves lined in natural cotton. There is a breast slit pocket on the left side.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia
label: place worn
content: United States: Virginia
topic: label: Subject
content: Confederacy
label: Subject
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.4717
label: catalog number
content: 4717
label: accession number
content: 21203
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
label: Other Terms
content: jacket; Man; CSA, Army; Field
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: medium gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 16 in; 53.34 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 20 in x 15 in x 3 in; 50.8 cm x 38.1 cm x 7.62 cm