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shades_tsm_0010.jpg
Title
John
T
.
Wilder's
Boots
Alternate Title
Boots belonging to Colonel John T. Wilder
Date
cia
.
1862
Genre
Artifacts
Material/Technique
leather, stitched and sewn
Description
This
photograph
shows
a
pair
of
well-worn
brown
leather
riding
boots
of
medium
height
,
one
boot
shown
on its
side
with
sole
visible
, the
other
standing
as
seen
from the
rear
.
Historical note
Union
officer
Colonel
John
T
.
Wilder
of
Indiana
was the
commander
of the "
lightning
"
brigade
,
whose
presence
critical
to the
success
of
actions
around
Tullahoma
,
Chattanooga
, and
Chickamauga
in the
summer
and
fall
of
1863
. At the
conclusion
of the
war
,
Wilder
was
promoted
to
Brigadier
General
as a
tribute
. He
parlayed
a
successful
iron
business
in
Chattanooga
into a
political
career
and was
elected
Mayor
of
Chattanooga
in
1871
. This
pair
of
boots
might
well
have been
ordered
by
Wilder
from a
local
shoemaker
during
the
course
of the
war
. A
post-war
claim
filed
in
Hawkins
County
,
Tennessee
, by an
African
American
saddler
and
harness
maker
listed
custom-made
boots
for
Union
soldiers
as
one
of the
items
for
which
he had been
promised
payment
.
Subject
Boots
Theme
Building a Future Through Opportunity
Walking a Fine Line
Story
Gates P. Thruston
Richard Poyner
Tags
Artisans
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Time period
1860-1869
Contributing Institution
Tennessee State Museum
Rights
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on this
website
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for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
the
Tennessee
State
Museum
.
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,175
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