Object Record

Metadata

Object Name

Belt, Sword

Catalog Number

0985.13.00999

Description

Black leather sword belt with brass hardware and Virginia two-piece plate. Slings missing.

Dimensions

H-1.5 L-34 inches

Owned

James Ellett

Owner Regiment

Crenshaw Battery, Virginia Light Artillery

Event

Battle of Fredericksburg

Provenance

Lt. James Ellett wore this belt while commanding Crenshaw Artillery during the Battle of Fredricksburg, December 15, 1862, at which time he was killed. Ellett was Clerk of Richmond's Circuit Court prior to the war. He had married Mary Hudson. He enlisted on March 14, 1862 at Richmond as a Lt. in Crenshaw Artillery. Ellett was listed as absent, sick during September through November 1862. He was killed in action on December 13, 1862, "standing next to Maj. Pegram . . . by an explosion of an enemy shell." Ellett's funeral was held at his father's home on Gross Street and he was buried in Hollywood Cemetery. After the war, his brother Thomas married James' widow.

People

Ellett, James

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