Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Cap, Forage |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00362 |
Date |
1861 |
Description |
Forage cap of black wool; crown and band around lower portion of faded blue-green cloth with red piping; leather visor and strap with Virginia state buttons on either side of the cap; stamped brass letters on crown top: "13th Va / co / H". Crown is lined with a black and white check paper. |
Dimensions |
H-7.5 W-8 D-9 inches |
Owned |
Kennedy Palmer |
Owner Regiment |
13th Virginia Infantry, Co. H, "Boomerangs" |
Made |
Miss Annie Kennedy |
Event |
Battle of First Manassas / First Bull Run |
Provenance |
Forage cap made by Miss Annie Kennedy (b. ca. 1837) of Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia and worn by her nephew, Pvt. Kennedy Palmer, at the battle of First Manassas. It was part of the uniform of Company H (Boomerangs), 13th Virginia Infantry of Winchester, Virginia at the beginning of the Civil War. Palmer survived the war. |
People |
Palmer, Kennedy Kennedy, Annie |
Search Terms |
Battle of First Manassas / First Bull Run |
Subjects |
Headgear Hats uniforms |