Object Details
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Description
- Physical Description
- Wood with a canvas seat.
- Specific History
- This camp chair was used by Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. After the war, Grant gave the camp chair to his former aid-de-camp George Goodsell of the 17th Michigan Infantry Regiment.
- pre 1865
- associated dates
- 1861-1865
- ID Number
- 1985.0713.01
- catalog number
- 1985.0713.01
- accession number
- 1985.0713
- Object Name
- chair
- Other Terms
- chair; Equipment, Individual; Army
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- wool (seat material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 14 cm x 46.5 cm x 60.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 18 5/16 in x 23 13/16 in
- overall: 30 1/2 in x 16 in x 16 1/2 in; 77.47 cm x 40.64 cm x 41.91 cm
- associated place
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Record ID
- nmah_1145068
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-e2a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
