Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Jacket, Shell |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00559 |
Description |
Single breasted, 5 button front, butternut wool jean cloth shell jacket with no facings or piping, off-white cotton osnaburg lining in the sleeves, and no lining in the body. Jacket has Virginia Military Institute buttons with backmarks: "R. & W. ROBINSON." |
Dimensions |
W-18 L-20 inches |
Owned |
Charles Jefferies Anderson |
Owner Regiment |
Virginia Military Institute Cadets, Co. A |
Event |
Battle of New Market |
Provenance |
Pvt. Charles Jefferies Anderson wore this shell jacket during his cadet years at Virginia Military Institute. The pattern and material of this jacket are the same as two other surviving jackets worn by members of the Virginia Military Institute cadet corps. Anderson was in the Battle of New Market when he was only 15 years old. "My old cadet jacket, made in March 1864, and used up to the evacuation of Richmond." - from donor record |
People |
Anderson, Charles Jefferies |
Search Terms |
Battle of New Market ersatz homespun Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 Virginia Military Institute VMI V.M.I. |
Subjects |
Teenagers Cadets Students Uniforms |