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US Army major general's frock coat and silk lining fragments

768.A

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Titles: US Army major general's frock coat and silk lining fragments (Supplied title)

Description: United States Army major general's frock coat (A) and possibly related red fabric fragment (B). The blue wool coat has three rows of three gilded Federal eagle buttons. The coat was worn by Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley and donated by his granddaughter to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sibley House Association. The red damask fabric fragment was described by the donor as lining from the coat, but the fabric is inconsistent with typical lining material and does not match fragments found around the armholes and cuffs.

Dates

  • Not earlier than 1865 (Sibley was breveted major general November 1865.) (Use)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 768.A,B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 45 inches height (768.A, coat)
  • 17 inches width (768.A, coat)
  • 16 1/2 inches height (768.B, fabric swatch)
  • 16 1/2 inches length (768.B, fabric swatch)

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768.A

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768.B

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