Light artillery jacket and forage cap

Accession number: 1993.86.a-c
Gift of Athena Lowell

This light artillery jacket and forage cap were worn by James Lowell (1846–1919) of the 7th Maine Battery. Lowell enlisted at age 17 and first saw action at the Wilderness in May 1864. His last action was the siege of Petersburg in 1865.

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