Army Corps of Engineers Sergeant’s Trousers, Model 1861
date: label: used
content: 1861 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1861 dismounted trousers would have been worn by a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Pair of sky blue wool twill trousers with a six button fly and six large metal buttons around the waist. Buttons are tin. There are two vertical slash pockets and a single watch pocket on the right side of the waist. The waistband facing and pockets are made of cotton twill. The trousers are unlined. There is a "V" shaped slit with two eyelets for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. The center back seam has been taken in for the first 8 inches. There are two long gussets down the side seams. There is a one inch slit at the cuff on each outside seam. There is a 1 1/2" stripe of yellow wool tape which runs down the outside seams from the bottom of the pocket to the cuff. A numeral "1" and the characters "SA" are stamped on the right back waistband facing. On the left pocket there is a numeral "3" handwritten in red. A small piece of ecru lace was found stuck in the fly. It is in a plastic bag in the left pocket.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25101.075
label: accession number
content: 64127
label: catalog number
content: 25101.075
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Engineer; Sergeant; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (stripe color)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttons material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 29 in; 76.2 cm x 73.66 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 43 in x 15 in x 2 in; 109.22 cm x 38.1 cm x 5.08 cm