Union Mounted Greatcoat
date: label: date made
content: 1858-1865
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Sky-blue wool, double breasted, stand and fall collar with over cape to top of cuffs. Gold-colored buttons.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Union cavalry and mounted artillery soldiers were issued greatcoats to be worn over their uniforms during the winter months.
place: label: used
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.3044.277
label: nonaccession number
content: 1997.3044
label: catalog number
content: 1997.3044.277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: great coat
label: Other Terms
content: great coat; Infantry; Enlisted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 49 1/2 in x 31 in x 24 in; 125.73 cm x 78.74 cm x 60.96 cm