Confederate Army Colonel Robert W. Harper's Trousers
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
name: label: user; associated person
content: Harper, Robert W.
notes: label: Description
content: These dismounted trousers were worn by Confederate Army Infantry Colonel Robert W. Harper. Medium blue wool unlined trousers with five flat brown nonmetal four-hole buttons at the fly and six buttons around the waistband. The top button on the fly is on the inside of the waist with a button loop on the opposite side. There are two frog-mouth pockets on each side which button with a small silk-covered button, and a single watch pocket on the right side of the waist. There is a 1 1/2" "V" shaped slit at the back of the pants and a rear metal buckle adjustable strap. There is a 3/8" gold metallic braid down the side seam of each pant leg. The waist facing and pockets are made of cream colored cotton. "Col Harper" is written both on the right side of the watch pocket (in pen) and on the right front waist band facing (in pencil). The cuff is lined for about six inches up the pant leg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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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: AF.42578
label: catalog number
content: 42578
label: accession number
content: 163704
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: trousers; Man; CSA, Army; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: medium blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (buckle material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold braid (stripe material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 30 in; 81.28 cm x 76.2 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 43 in x 15 in x 1 in; 109.22 cm x 38.1 cm x 2.54 cm