Army Cavalry Sergeant’s Trousers, Model 1861, Type III
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
label: associated 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 Sergeant in a U.S. Army Cavalry regiment. Sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with six flat four hole tin buttons at the fly and six buttons around the waistband. There are two vertical slash pockets and a watch pocket on the right side of the waist. The trousers are unlined. Waist facing and pockets are made of cream colored cotton. There is a second layer of wool kersey reinforcement covering the seat of the pants to the trouser bottom. There is a row of 1 1/2" yellow tape down the outside seam of each leg. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelet holes for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. "A & S OCT 10th, 1864" is stamped on the inside of the waistband at both sides. The number "21" is on the waistband facing center back left. The trousers are hand stitched with heavy brown thread. There are four small tin buttons at the bottom edge of each trouser leg. Two are located on the outside seam and another two on the opposite seam. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outside seam of each leg, which is reinforced inside with a rectangular piece of cotton.
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: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25101.100
label: catalog number
content: 25101.100
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Cavalry; Sergeant; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (stripe color)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 33 in; 81.28 cm x 83.82 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 45 in x 15 in x 2 in; 114.3 cm x 38.1 cm x 5.08 cm