Army Artillery Corporal’s Trousers, Model 1860, Type II
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1858 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1860
name: label: maker
content: Rockhill & Wilson
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1860 type II mounted trousers would have been worn by a Corporal in a U.S. Army Artillery regiment. Pair of sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with a six button fly and six large buttons around the waist. Buttons are tin. There are two vertical slash pockets and a watch pocket on the right side of the waist. The waistband facing and pockets are cotton twill. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelet holes for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. There is a 1/2" stripe of red wool tape from the top of the pocket to the cuff on the outside seam of each leg. The trousers are unlined. There is a second layer of wool reinforcement extending from the seat to the cuffs. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outer seam of each trouser leg. There are 2 small tin buttons on each seam inside of each cuff of the trouser legs. "R & W Oct 10,1864" is stamped on the right and left facing. The numeral "11" is stamped at the back left waist is stamped.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25101.035
label: catalog number
content: 25101.035
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Artillery; Corporal; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (stripe color)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttonsall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 34 in; 81.28 cm x 86.36 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 45 in x 13 in x 2 in; 114.3 cm x 33.02 cm x 5.08 cm