Spurs
Object name
Spurs
Date
1861-1866
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
each overall: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 in. ( 13.3 x 8.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Brass arched-band spurs; curved spurs with a ball head and a feathered dial through its center; ends of band are buckles.
Credit Line
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Object Number
1951.497ef
Marks
stamped: Stamped - "ALLEGHENY/ARSNL"
Gallery Label
These spurs were worn by Brigadier General John Frederick Pierson. He served in the Civil War with the Seventh Regiment of the New York State Militia.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spurs: pair
Title
Spurs: pair
Object name
Spurs
Date
1861-1866
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
each overall: 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 13 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm )
Description
Brass arched-band spurs; stepped goads with a ball head and a feathered dial through its center; ends of band are buckles.
Credit Line
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Object Number
1951.497cd
Gallery Label
These spurs were worn by Brigadier General John Frederick Pierson. He served in the Civil War with the Seventh Regiment of the New York State Militia.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spurs: pair
Title
Spurs: pair
Object name
Spurs
Date
1861-1866
Medium
Brass, leather
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( 14 x 8.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description
Brass arched-band spurs; stepped goads with a ball head and a feathered dial through its center; ends of band are buckles with a leather boot strap run through; brass buckle attached to the boot strap.
Credit Line
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Object Number
1951.497ab
Marks
stamped: inside band: "TIFFANY AND CO./ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label
These spurs were worn by Brigadier General John Frederick Pierson. He served in the Civil War with the Seventh Regiment of the New York State Militia.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saddle
Title
Saddle
Object name
Horse's breast plate
Date
1860-1865
Medium
Horsehair, leather, silk brocade
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 38 1/2 x 1 in. ( 76.2 x 97.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Horse's horsehair breast plate; semi-circular breast plate with scalloped leather collar embroidered with a foliate design, lengths of brown horse hair draped below; w-shaped silk brocade blue and white lining.
Credit Line
Gift of Henry O'Reilly
Object Number
X.375
Gallery Label
This breast plate was used during the Civil War.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spurs
Object name
Spurs
Date
1862-1866
Medium
Brass, leather
Dimensions
each overall: 5 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 10.5 x 2.9 cm )
Description
Brass arched band spurs with a split rectangle goads with a spiked wheel in the center; two barbell shaped weights hung from a brass loop on the side of the goads; brass buckle with a button above on the ends of the bands; chain boot straps attached to the buckles; leather boot straps attached to the buttons (only one extant).
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. William W. Hoffman, Mr. Francis Burrall Hoffman, Mr. Murray Hoffman and Colonel Albert Lincoln Hoffman
Object Number
1956.218ef
Gallery Label
These spurs were worn by Colonel Wickham Hoffman, Assistant Adjutant-General on General William Sherman's staff in 1862 and Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff to Major-General Canby in 1865. He was wounded at Port Hudson and Mansfield.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saddle
Object name
Saddle
Date
1860-1865
Medium
Leather, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 13 x 21 in. ( 35.6 x 33 x 53.3 cm )
Description
Yellow leather western-style saddle with a high round pommel knop; back of the seat is flared; seat and sides covered in brown leather tooled with triangular decoration around decorative metal circles; brown leather flaps along the sides; u-shaped metal rings hold partial stirrup leathers.
Credit Line
Gift of Henry O'Reilly
Object Number
X.374a
Gallery Label
This saddle was used during the Civil War.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saddle and bridle
Object name
Saddle and bridle
Date
1861-185
Medium
Leather, metal
Dimensions
Overall (saddle): 11 x 15 x 23 in. (27.9 x 38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Overall (bridle): 25 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (63.5 x 16.5 x 8.9
Description
English style (no pommel knop) brown leather saddle with metal fittings; wooden stirrups hang from stirrups leathers on each side. Brown leather bridle with wide brow band attached to a large cast metal bit with "US" in circles along the jowls; leather reins attached to the bit.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Grace A. Garrison
Object Number
1919.24ab
Marks
cast: on the bit: "US"
Gallery Label
This saddle and bridle were used during the Civil War by John Henry Garrison, Hospital Steward, Co. A, 1st New York Lincoln Cavalry.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spur
Object name
Spur
Date
ca. 1860
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 3 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 x 13 cm )
Description
Brass arched-band spur with curved goad split in the center to hold a spiked disc; band ends have buckles.
Object Number
902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spurs
Object name
Spurs
Date
1860-1865
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
each overall: 1 x 3 1/4 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Metal arched-band spurs painted gold; cylindrical goads with a spiked wheels through the centers; ends of band are buckles.
Object Number
1782ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spurs
Object name
Spurs
Date
1860-1865
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
each overall: 1 x 3 1/4 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 8.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Metal arched-band spurs painted gold; cylindrical goads with a spiked wheels through the centers; ends of band are buckles.
Object Number
1783ab
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
