Army Cavalry Musician's Trousers, Model 1861, Type III
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1845 - 1850
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 musician in a U.S. Army Cavalry regiment. Pair of sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with six flat tin metal four hole 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 double row of 3/4" yellow tape down the seam of the outside of each leg. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelet holes at the back center waistband for waist adjustment. On the inside of the waist band at both sides is stamped "A & S OCT 10th, 1864". An illegible number is found at the waist band facing center back left. The top of the center seam back has been reinforced as has the crotch. The trousers are hand stitched with heavy brown thread. There are four small tin buttons at the bottom edge of each trouser leg, two located on the outside seam and 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.25101.009
label: catalog number
content: 25101.009
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Dragoon; 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: 31 in x 36 in; 78.74 cm x 91.44 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 42 in x 17 in x 1 in; 106.68 cm x 43.18 cm x 2.54 cm