Object Details
- Description
- Dragoon helmet, First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1835 (missing horsehair crest).
- When the conflict began it was apparent that in order to even fight a short war both sides needed more men. A call for volunteers was issued by the Confederacy and the Union. Many men who answered those calls wore their militia uniforms; others received uniforms of various patterns from local depots or tailors, resulting in considerable variation in dress even among companies within the same regiment.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- AF.61151M
- catalog number
- 61151M
- accession number
- 223708
- collector/donor number
- SK905
- Object Name
- helmet
- Measurements
- overall (boxed): 12 1/4 in x 13 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 31.115 cm x 34.925 cm x 34.925 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1405466
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-add3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
