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Full dress uniforms, Lieutenant General Sheridan, staff, and line officers, 1888

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Description
  • Here are shown General Sheridan and some members of his Staff. His rank of Lieutenant General is shown by three stars on his epaulettes and saddlecloth. The mounted officer saluting him, as shown by his scarlet trimmmings and plume in his helmet, is an officer of Light Artillery. The officer at the extreme right is General Sheridan's brother, Michael Sheridan, who is here an Assistant Adjutant-General. The other officers at the back are a Staff Officer, wearing a chapeau and a Calvary Officer wearing the helmet with yellow trimmings and plume. Here also, the modern white linen collar appears above the coat collar in place of the old-fashioned black stock. In 1881, helmets were ordered for all regular troops, those of field officers being decorated with plumes with cord and tassel of the color of the corps-- white for Infantry, scarlet for Light Artillery and yellow for Cavalry. Enlisted Infantrymen and Heavy Artillerymen wore simple spikes in their helmets.
MODS Note
  • Hand-tinted
Subject
Work Type
Identifier
  • P217:36:20
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 56 - History of Army Uniforms
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/30/2023
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Underwood & Underwood http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85188904
2 Military uniforms--History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107806
3 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
4 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
5 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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