A coat worn by a North Carolina officer who was badly wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg has been stowed away at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh since 1914. A group of Civil War re-enactors has donated $10,000 to the museum so Collett Leventhorpe's coat can be preserved and put on display for the first time. • Article
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Re-enactors fund coat preservation
A coat worn by a North Carolina officer who was badly wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg has been stowed away at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh since 1914. A group of Civil War re-enactors has donated $10,000 to the museum so Collett Leventhorpe's coat can be preserved and put on display for the first time. • Article
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