Model 1857 Frock Coat
date: label: associated date
content: 1857
notes: label: Description
content: This coat bears the insignia of a hospital steward—a yellow silk embroidered caduceus on each sleeve. The responsibilities of hospital stewards included maintaining order and discipline, keeping records, dressing minor wounds, assisting surgeons, and serving as pharmacists. No one except the hospital steward was allowed into the dispensary where opium, morphine, and other drugs were stored.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.24989.01
label: accession number
content: 64127
label: catalog number
content: 24989.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat
label: Other Terms
content: coat; Man; Army; Artillery; Enlisted Man; Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: crimson (trim color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (half-chevron color)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 16 in; 91.44 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 36 in x 16 in x 2 in; 91.44 cm x 40.64 cm x 5.08 cm