Confederate jacket sparks dispute between collector, museum

[struggle4progress]

PHILLIP LUCAS
Associated Press 1 hr ago

BIRMINGHAM ... Joe Fitzgerald of Huntsville said in a legal complaint filed last month in Madison County Circuit Court that he paid $44,500 for a coat that had belonged to Confederate Army Capt. William Lyman at a Civil War history and memorabilia convention in Nashville in 2009.

But after a representative of the Confederate Memorial Hall Museum in New Orleans called in January saying he was in Alabama searching for a stolen jacket and wanted to arrange a meeting, Fitzgerald decided to ask the court for a declaratory judgment naming him as the jacket's owner ...

Officials there have said Lyman donated the jacket to the museum after the war. The museum's exhibits feature flags, weapons, personal items, uniforms and more.

"This frock coat was stolen from the museum at some point in time and an inventory of uniforms conducted by the museum indicated that the uniform had gone missing prior to 1990," Cangelosi said in the affidavit ...

http://www.cullmantimes.com/news/confederate-jacket-sparks-dispute-between-collector-museum/article_c963cc70-f5b3-11e5-8d9d-176f20358c2a.html

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. I used to have a neighbor who collected Confederate and Nazi uniforms and memorabilia.

It's like a cult.