Cap device from Elmer Ellsworth's forage cap
date: label: date made
content: ca.1860-1861
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
label: used date
content: May 24, 1861
name: label: wearer
content: Ellsworth, Elmer E.
notes: label: Description
content: Cap device insignia worn by Colonel Elmer Ellsworth on the day of his death. The standard US Army officer's forage cap insignia, a gilt thread "U.S." surrounded by laurel wreath embroidered on dark blue cloth, was affixed to the forage cap Ellsworth wore when he removed the Confederate flag flying over the Marshall House hotel in Alexandria and was fatally shot by its proprietor, James Jackson.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: worn
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Army
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: Frank E. Brownell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.6962
label: catalog number
content: 6962
label: accession number
content: 30411
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Insignia
label: Other Terms
content: Insignia; Army; Cap, Forage; General Staff; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (backed, bagged): 4 3/4 in x 4 in x 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.905 cm