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Overcoat

Object Name:
Overcoat
Object ID:
1960.048.03
Date:
1862
Description:
Military Uniform Overcoat. Union officer's blue wool cape with hood, fulled, napped. Said to have been worn at the Battle of Antietam.
Material:
Textile
Wool
Provenance:
Union officer's cape said to have been worn at the Battle of Antietam. Given to Prescott B. Brown by his uncle, Francis R. Batchelder (1838-1902). Cape probably belonged to Union officer who was a New Hampshire man.
Credit Line:
Gift of Prescott B. Brown
Subjects:
Cloaks, Civil War
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