Confederate Army Infantry Major’s Frock Coat, Model 1861
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1864
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: This frock coat would have been worn by a Major in the Confederate Army Infantry. Double breasted gray heathered wool frock coat with two rows of seven large gilt staff-type buttons down the front, two at the back waist, one at the bottom of each pocket opening on the rear skirt, and three small general service eagle buttons on each cuff. The breast and back waist have Virginia State buttons, which depict a spartan-like figure, eleven stars, and a banner with the text, "Semper Tyrannus." The back pocket buttons and small cuff buttons are general service eagle buttons. The left bottom breast button is missing. Both sides of the jacket have button holes. There is a hook and eye closure at the collar. The collar and cuffs are faced with infantry branch blue wool, and the facing on the cuffs forms a an inverted "V". Above the cuff there are a Major's three row of 1/8" gold braided metallic lace woven into an arabesque. The gold tape also lines the cuff. The collar has a single large gold star on each side which are woven onto the collar facing with thick metallic thread on a star-shaped field of black wool. There is a small vertical slit pocket on the left inside front inside. The coat is fully lined. The buttonhole flaps and front of the skirt, and front of the coat are piped with blue wool. The collar is lined with brown velvet, which was once quilted, and the rest of the coat is lined with a light brown material. The sleeves are fully lined with dark cream cotton. The chest, shoulder, and lower back sides are lightly padded and were once quilted. There is a slit breast pocket on the inside left. There is a deep pocket in each coattail that opens from the outside. There are some scattered patches on the outside with similarly colored fabric.
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.U-017
label: catalog number
content: U-017
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0930
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coat
label: Other Terms
content: Coat; Man; CSA, Army; Infantry; Major; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (trim material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (buttons material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (facings color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 1/2 in x 16 1/4 in; 100.33 cm x 41.275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 38 in x 18 in x 5 in; 96.52 cm x 45.72 cm x 12.7 cm