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Metadata
Object Name |
Coat, Frock |
Catalog Number |
0985.05.00068 |
Description |
Uniform Frock coat: double breasted, 7 buttons in each row, gray wool and cotton cloth with sky blue wool broadcloth facings and blue wool merino piping, dark green wool and silk lining in body, white cotton sheeting in sleeves, embroidered gold major's collar insignia edged in blue, gold sleeve braid, Louisiana state buttons with backmark: EXTRA/RICH. |
Dimensions |
W-27 L-39 inches |
Owned |
Alexander Hart |
Owner Regiment |
5th Louisiana Infantry |
Event |
Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg |
Provenance |
Frock coat of Major Alexander Hart, 5th Louisiana Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Antietam, when he was a captain. He was captured (probably wounded) at the Third Battle of Winchester in 1864; sent to a hospital in Baltimore; then imprisoned at forts McHenry and Delaware before being paroled on October 30, 1864. |
People |
Hart, Alexander |
Search Terms |
Jewish Jews Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg Third Battle of Winchester / Opequon Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 Fort McHenry Fort Delaware |
Subjects |
Uniforms Judaism Wounded in war Wounds & injuries Casualties, War War casualties Prisoners Prisoners of war POW's |