Camp Chair

Before 1865

Ulysses S. Grant used this camp chair during the Civil War. After the war, Grant gave the chair to his former aid-de-camp George Goodsell of the 17th Michigan Infantry Regiment.

Interpretive text provided by the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

Wood, canvas. L 46.5, W 14, H 60.5 cm
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, NMAH 1985.0713.01