Sword belt worn by Henry Gansevoort
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1861
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1863
name: label: wearer
content: Gansevoort, Henry S.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Regulation United States Army sword belt worn by Henry S. Gansevoort while a captain in the 5th US Artillery during the American Civil War. The brown leather belt has a stitched floral pattern, metal buckles, and metal belt plate with eagle and shield emblem surrounded by laurel wreath within a rectangular border.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Mrs. Abraham Lansing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.12831
label: catalog number
content: 12831
label: accession number
content: 53757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Belt
label: Other Terms
content: Belt; Man; Army; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (belt material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (buckle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 5 in x 3/4 in; 88.9 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.905 cm