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Visitors can explore over 400 artifacts, photographs, and documents, including the uniform and sword worn by General Robert E. Lee to the surrender. ACWM–Appomattox provides a unique insight into the American Civil War and its legacies.
While the features of these late-war blue-grey satinette or imported British kersey caps are familiar to many that posses an interest in Civil War material culture, less is known about the headgear issued by the Quartermaster Department to soldiers serving in Virginia in 1861, 1862, and 1863.
Engineer officer's kepi of blue wool broadcloth with three rows of gold thread braid on the front (one strand missing), sides and back of crown; leather visor and chin strap; stamped metal old English "E" on front of cap on a velvet medallion; green silk lining. Dimensions H-4 L-8.5 inches
Worn by General George McClellan, this well-tailored kepi, also known as a chasseur cap, was a taller type than most Civil War kepis and popular with soldiers of all ranks, who sometimes placed a wet sponge or handkerchief under the crown to keep cool.
5 cze 2023 · Pictured is an early war example for the 13th Virginia Infantry. 13th Virginia Forage Cap: | Relic Hunting & Collecting Courtesy of the American Civil War Museum (formerly the Museum of the Confederacy).
14 maj 2014 · The Civil War hat brass insignia should have soldered brass loops on the back. Stokes & Kirk (known military supplier after the war) made early reproductions of Civil War brass insignia using the original dies. The Stokes & Kirk pieces have wire prongs instead of the loops.
The museum operates three sites: The White House of the Confederacy, the American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, and the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox. It maintains a comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, Confederate books and pamphlets , and photographs.
