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Colonel of Cavalry Civil War Officer Frock Coat

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:17,500.00 USD Estimated At:24,000.00 - 26,000.00 USD
Colonel of Cavalry Civil War Officer Frock Coat
<B>COLONEL OF CAVALRY CIVIL WAR OFFICER'S FROCK COAT OF COLONEL (BVT. BRIG. GEN.) HORACE CAPRON OF THE 14TH ILLINOIS CAVALRY.</B></I> Exquisite quality blue wool with black silk lining. Quilted in the upper body, draped skirt, Great period sleeve cut (10” elbows tapering to 5” cuffs, raw cut skirt edge). White polished cotton sleeve linings, brown polished cotton breast pocket lining. 1¼” high black velvet lined stand up collar. Double breasted seven-button front with all the original D. Evans eagle Cs. Two original Evans eagle Cs on top of rear pleats, two on the bottom of the pleats missing. Split cuffs with three-button closure. All cuff eagle C cuff buttons with period Scovill backmark. Original, massive colonel of cavalry shoulder straps. 2¼” wide with very heavy triple bullion border and gilt wire borders, bullion eagle with sequins on the wings, yellow velvet background. Just some wear to the velvet background otherwise about perfect and unquestionably original to the coat.<BR><BR>Capron was commissioned lieutenant colonel on December 13, 1862, and joined the 14th Illinois cavalry with its formation of January 7, 1863. He was appointed colonel on the 6th of February 1863 and served as the regimental and, subsequently, first cavalry brigade Army of the Ohio commander until his resignation in February 1865 due to injuries suffered in a fall from his horse. Capron was commissioned brigadier general on orders from the war Department dating to March 13, 1865. Capron had a colorful history and three of his sons also served in the Union Army, one of whom was killed in action and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Included with the extensive research material accompanying the coat is the correspondence concerning accusations (which eventually came to naught) that Capron had expropriated for personal use some $12,000 worth of captured livestock from the raids he led, a colorful history indeed. The 14th Illinois cavalry saw extensive service in Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Atlanta campaign., as well as action against Thompson’s Legion of Whites and Cherokees in north Carolina (where his son was killed), from March 1863 until its muster out on July 31, 1865, losing two officers and 23 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 190 enlisted men to disease. A beautiful Civil War cavalry officer’s frock coat with a wonderful history.<BR><BR><B>Condition:</B></I> Superb condition, just showing minor wear on the velvet collar lining and the slightest fading to the black silk lining. Just some minor scattered spots of mothing of the knap, and a few tiny holes on the skirt, really negligible. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Clothing, Costumes & Jerseys (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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