Army Engineer Corporal’s Trousers, Model 1861, Type III
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1861 type III dismounted trousers would have been worn by a Corporal in a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with six flat tin four hole buttons at the fly and four buttons around waistband. There are two vertical slash pockets and a watch pocket on the right side of the waist. The trousers are unlined. There is one row of 1/2" yellow tape down the outside seam of each leg. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelet holes for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. Waist facing and pockets are made of cream colored cotton. There are two circular sizing dots and an oval illegible stamp in the waist facing on the left side. The numeral "21" is printed on the waistband facing on the right side. The trousers are hand stitched with heavy brown thread. There is a one inch slit on the bottom of the outside seam of each leg.
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.25101.014
label: catalog number
content: 25101.014
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Engineer; Corporal; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (stripe color)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 32 in; 76.2 cm x 81.28 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 41 in x 14 in x 2 in; 104.14 cm x 35.56 cm x 5.08 cm