Uniform:Coat
Nom de l'objet : | Uniform:Coat |
Catégorie de l'objet : | 3: Personal Artifacts |
Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Clothing -- Military Outerwear |
Discipline : | Local History |
Numéro d'accession : | 972.903 |
Culture : | Canadian |
Date de début de production : | 1810 |
Description : | MATERIAL:WOOL L:84CM; SHLDS:38CM RED FLANNEL WOOL WITH BLACK FLANNEL WOOL ADJUSTABLE LAPELS & WHITE PIPING & COLLAR & CUFFS. SILVER EPAULET ON PROPER LEFT SHOULDER, FALSE POCKET ON BACK, WHITE LINEN LINING. WORN BY FORT MAJOR DONALD CAMPBELL, WHO WAS WITH CORNWALLIS AT THE SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN, 1781. MAJOR CAMPBELL WAS BURIED AT FORT GEORGE, DEC. 1812. HE WAS AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN NOVA SCOTIA, REGT. ROYAL FUSILIERS & 5TH REGT. OF FOOT. |
Commentaires : | From "100 Years, 100 Artefacts" research compiled by Glenn Smith The coat is a very early type, common shortly after 1800. It features blue facings, buttons in pairs, a rounded cut at the waist and white piping. The high stand-up collar is missing. There is an epaulet at the left shoulder, but it isn't known whether this is original to the coat. Being the Fort-Major of Fort George (an administrative position) meant you worked directly for the British army and did not report to any particular regiment. Your rank might not even be major. It was usually more junior. As Fort-Major, Campbell could have worn a coat of one of his previous regiments. None of them, however, had blue facings and paired buttons. There is also the possibility that Campbell bought this coat from another officer. It does resemble the warrant for the 10th Royal Veterans Battalion, who were in Canada at that time. It is more likely that this coat was made for Campbell in a generic British officer's style. There appears to be no specific uniform requirement for his position. Campbell had a long and wide-ranging career in the military. In his senior years, the position as Fort-Major would have been very welcome. His family lived with him in Niagara. Campbell died of unknown causes in December 1812, at age 57 and was buried in the central west bastion of Fort George. Campbell's son tried to buy his father's burial plot many years later. It isn't known if the burial site was disturbed during reconstruction of Fort George during the 1930's. The Campbell family suffered through the trials of war in Niagara. They lost a loved one, were caught in the middle of the Battle of Fort George (May 27, 1813), endured American occupation and were burnt out, along with the rest of the town on December 10, 1813. |
Fonctions : | Worn By Fort Major Donald Campbell, Buried At Fort George, Dec. 1812. Family lore states that Campbell was with Cornwallis At Yorktown 1781 |
Longueur : | 0.000 |
Largeur : | 0.000 |
Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
Établissement : | Niagara Historical Society Museum Facebook-Niagara Historical Society Museum Twitter-Niagara Historical Society Museum |
Ville de l'établissement : | Niagara-on-the-Lake |
Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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