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Metadata
Object Name |
Pants |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00501a |
Description |
Pants, part of homespun suit [frock coat (.501) and vest (.501b)], made of coarse fabric that may contain hair as well as cotton and wool fibers. The pants have button fly, brass buckle on adjustment belt, suspender buttons. |
Dimensions |
H-39 W-16.5 D-36 inches |
Owned |
Andrew Jackson Grayson |
Owner Regiment |
45th Virginia Infantry, Co. F |
Made |
unidentified slaves, Grayson plantation, Bland Co., VA |
Provenance |
This homespun suit was made by the slaves of A. J. Grayson of Bland County, Virginia. Captain Andrew Jackson Grayson volunteered in May 1861, at Bland Courthouse, where he organized the Bland Sharpshooters. The sharpshooters later became Co. F, 45th Virginia Infantry. |
People |
Grayson, Andrew Jackson unidentified slaves unidentified African Americans |
Search Terms |
homespun ersatz |
Subjects |
African Americans slaves slavery civilians men |