Army Sack Coat, Model 1858
date: label: used date
content: 1858 - 1872
notes: label: Description
content: This model 1858 sack coat would have been worn by an enlisted man in the U.S. Army. Dark blue wool handsewn collared sack coat. Center front has four brass general service eagle buttons down the right side. The body is lined with soft medium blue wool which stops 3" from the bottom of the coat. There is a vertical breast pocket in the lining on the left side of the chest created by sewing the outer and lining fabric together. The sleeves are lined with cream-colored cotton. Right sleeve has handwritting which reads, "J.K. (?) 507." There are three stamps: "0113.(?)." in black ink, a "2" and an "E" on either side of a cross, and a mostly illegible round black stamp with the text "U.S." in the center.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.U-143
label: catalog number
content: U-143
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0938
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coat
label: Object Name
content: Sack Coat
label: Other Terms
content: Sack Coat; Coat; Man; Army; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: dark blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 69.85 cm x 41.91 cm x 11.43 cm