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Object Name |
Case, Field Glasses |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00596a |
Description |
Field glasses case: brown leather with shoulder strap still attached to case, metal buckle still attached to strap which contains ten buckle holes. Small nails on the bottom of the front side. The lid cover, and its strap and metal buckle, are also still attached to case. Interior of case lined in red velvet. For field glasses (.596). |
Material |
Leather/metal |
Dimensions |
W-5.75 L-7 D-3.25 inches |
Owned |
James Ewell Brown Stuart [J. E. B. Stuart]; Theodore Stanford Garnett, Jr. |
Owner Regiment |
"Hanover Artillery" 9th Virginia Cavalry, Co. F, "Essex Light Dragoons" |
Made |
Jumelle Marine |
Event |
Battle of Yellow Tavern |
Provenance |
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart used these field glasses when he was wounded at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864. He gave them to his Aide-de-Camp Lt. Theodore Stanford Garnett, Jr. |
People |
Stuart, James Ewell Brown (J. E. B.) (Jeb) Garnett, Theodore Stanford, Jr. |
Search Terms |
Overland Campaign Optics Battle of Yellow Tavern |
Subjects |
Optical devices |