Army Cavalry Sergeant's Trousers, Model 1861
date: label: used date
content: 1861-1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
name: label: maker
content: Anspach & Stanton
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1861 type III mounted trousers would have been worn by a cavalry sergeant in the U.S. Army Calvary. Pair of unlined sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with a six tin button fly and six large tin buttons around the waist. There are two vertical slash pockets set into the side seams of each leg and a single watch pocket on the right side of the waistband. The waistband facing and the side pockets are cotton. There is a "V" shaped slit and two reinforced eyelets at the back waist. There is a second layer of wool kersey reinforcement which runs from the seat of the pants down the inside each leg to the cuff. A 1 5/8" stripe of yellow wool tape extends from the top of the pocket to the cuff on the outside seam of each leg. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outside seams of each cuff and a pair of small tin buttons on the bottom inside and outside seams of the inside of the trouser leg. The numeral "12" is stamped on the waistband facing on the back left side. "A & S Oct 10th, 1864" is stamped on both sides of the waistband facing. A number "8" is written on the right pocket in red.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Military Uniforms
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content: Civil War Uniforms
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0069.29
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0069.29
label: accession number
content: 2007.0069
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: trousers; Man; Army; Cavalry; Sergeant; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (stripe color)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 32 in; 78.74 cm x 81.28 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 44 in x 15 in x 2 in; 111.76 cm x 38.1 cm x 5.08 cm