Forage Cap

Name/Title

Forage Cap

Entry/Object ID

1943.12.2

Description

Navy blue forage cap. The cap has a stiff, round crown, embroidered in silver with the label, "F 17". The visor of the cap is missing, and what remains is crushed.

Context

Worn by Charles Deming Brainerd of Danville, Vermont, during the Civil War.

Acquisition

Accession

1943.12

Source or Donor

Morse, Alice B.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hat

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brainerd, Charles Deming (1842-1935)

Related Places

Place

Town

Danville

County

Caledonia County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Civil War