{"id":45569,"date":"2014-12-07T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=45569"},"modified":"2014-12-05T08:23:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:23:58","slug":"um-museum-75-for-75-university-greys-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-museum-75-for-75-university-greys-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Museum 75 for 75: University Greys Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UniversityGreys\"<\/a>In honor of the University of Mississippi Museum’s 75th anniversary this year, the Ole Miss News Blog<\/a> is featuring 75 different items\u00a0from the museum’s archives of\u00a0more than 20,000 objects.<\/p>\n

Today’s featured item is a jacket worn by a member of the University Greys, a unit of the Confederate army that many students joined during the spring of 1861. That following fall, only four students signed up for classes, so the university closed and would not reopen until 1865.<\/p>\n

The unit was led by William B. Lowry, a 19-year-old UM student. Other Ole Miss students joined the Lamar Rifles, which was based in Lafayette County, or they left to join units in their respective hometowns.<\/p>\n

Many of the University Greys were involved in “Pickett’s Charge” in July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. All members of the unit were killed, captured or wounded during the charge.\u00a0The Greys were part of the 11th\u00a0Mississippi Infantry, which saw only 53 of its 393 men escape Pickett’s Charge unscathed.<\/p>\n

As part of the museum’s anniversary celebration, admission is free through Aug. 8, 2015. There will be a lot to see as the museum introduces several new exhibits and unveils\u00a0a new major gift<\/a>\u00a0as well as the reinstallation of the\u00a0David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The first of the 75 items to be featured\u00a0was the Volute Krater<\/a>, an ancient Greek artifact. The second item was\u00a0Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Lake George” abstraction.\u00a0<\/a>The third was\u00a0“Aphrodite,”\u00a0<\/a>a large-grained island marble piece made by an unknown Greek artist, and the fourth was\u00a0Sulton Rogers’ “Devil.”<\/a>\u00a0The previous item to be featured was the\u00a0“Snaggletooth Jug.”<\/a><\/p>\n

To see a complete list of upcoming events and information on the new exhibitions,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The University Museum is open to the public 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The museum is\u00a0closed Mondays and regular university holidays. Its facilities are handicapped-accessible. For assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-7084.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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