Confederate Army Frock Coat, Model 1861
date: label: associated dates
content: 1861-1865
notes: label: Description
content: This Confederate Army frock coat would have been worn during the American Civil War. It is a single breasted gray wool frock coat with eight brass State of Virginia buttons down the front. The buttons depict the Virginia state motto of "Sic Semper Tyrannis" around an image of Virtus standing over a defeated Tyranny. The bottom button on the chest is missing, and two buttons are missing on the back waist. There are two locations with missing buttons on the back of the skirt. There are three smaller brass buttons on the right cuff and two on the left cuff. The top button is missing on the left cuff. There are cloth belt loops on each side just above the waist and secured with a small button on the upper end of the loop. There is single breast pocket in the left inside of the coat. The coat is fully lined with padded wool. Sleeves are lined with a polka-dotted fabric. The same fabric is used to make a fabric loop on the inside collar.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia
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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
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content: Military Uniforms
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content: Civil War Uniforms
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0860.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0860.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0860
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat
label: Other Terms
content: coat; Uniforms; Man; Csa, Virginia
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 40 in x 16 in; 101.6 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 39 in x 18 in x 3 in; 99.06 cm x 45.72 cm x 7.62 cm