Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Coat, Frock |
Catalog Number |
1977.013.00001 |
Description |
Uniform frock coat: double breasted, 7 buttons in each row, brown (faded from gray) wool jean cloth with no facings or piping, brown, blue, and red plaid cotton homespun lining in body, white cotton sheeting lining in sleeves; no insignia or sleeve braid; Confederate staff buttons with backmarks: "EXTRA/RICH," and "EXTRA RICH/TREBLE GILT" |
Dimensions |
L-39 inches |
Owned |
Joseph M. Storey |
Owner Regiment |
43rd Georgia Infantry, Co. G |
Event |
Battle of Jonesboro |
Provenance |
Captain Joseph M. Storey served in Co. G, 43rd Georgia Infantry. A bullet hole on the left side of the coat reveals where Storey was wounded through the lung at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, on August 31, 1864. Left for dead on the field, one of his men found him. The man used his blanket for a stretcher, rescued Storey, and took him to a train, which carried him to a Macon hospital. Once he recovered, Storey returned to service. Storey had also been wounded at Baker's Creek (Champion Hill), Mississippi, during the Vicksburg campaign. |
People |
Storey, Joseph McLester |
Search Terms |
Atlanta Campaign Battle of Champion's Hill / Bakers Creek Battle of Jonesboro ersatz homespun items pierced by bullets Jonesboro, Georgia Vicksburg Campaign |
Subjects |
Uniforms Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |