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Object Name |
Jacket, Shell |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00442 |
Description |
Single breasted, 9 button front, brownish-green wool and cotton cloth, shoulder straps (with side-facing buttons) and belt loops with red wool broadcloth piping on the shoulder straps, no facings, unbleached cotton osnaburg lining in body and sleeves, civilian ornamental brass buttons. |
Owned |
John Blair Royall |
Owner Regiment |
Richmond Howitzers (3rd & 1st Co.) Confederate Signal Corps |
Event |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
Provenance |
John Blair Royall was wearing this jacket during the Battle of Chancellorsville and the left sleeve bears the marks of a shell which wounded Royall and killed Thomas Barksdale who served at the same gun. |
People |
Royall, John Blair |
Search Terms |
Battle of Chancellorsville items pierced by bullets |
Subjects |
Uniforms Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |