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Regimental Uniform Coat of Colonel Peter Gansevoort, Jr.

Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Primary Source, Artifacts
Date Posted: 12/15/2010

Continental army uniform coat worn by Colonel Peter Gansevoort Jr. of the 3rd Regiment of the New York Continental Line. He wore this coat during his command of Fort Stanwix, New York, in 1777.

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