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Thoughts?
In what museum is this on display sir?Thoughts?
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That’s a beautyThoughts?
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When I worked on the Ted Turner tv movie Ironclads I had the pleasure of working with several reenactors who had particular interests in the naval history of the war. One of them said embroidery was a particular popular pastime among bored seamen who supposedly decorated caps and other items with embroidered designs. By the time we had finished shooting, he had quite an elaborate floral design worked onto the top of his!
I am not sure but believe the cap band had CSS on it. I took a few other photos but the glass reflected the gallery lighting and the photos were not good, I deleted them. Perhaps other visitors got better photos than I.
I did not have an " insider"at the museum and really could not verify the items.
There was also a USS Shenandoah.
https://kf4lmt.com/2017/01/12/the-national-civil-war-naval-museum-in-columbus-ga/amp/
This site also has a picture of the same display and others from the museum as well. I really need to schedule a time to check this place out, it looks amazing. If you zoom in on the placard it describes it as a US Navy Round Cap and Jacket. They are really sweet. I need to start doing some research on Navy Uniforms.
**Edit** the caption under the photo states they are modern recreations but the round cap is authentic.
No problem, I'm glad you shared it with us. It makes me want to start researching the Navy and naval uniforms during the Civil War.Thank you for clearing this up for us. I was deleting images from my camera and thought I would post the image in post #1 before getting rid of the image.