Confederate Army Infantry Colonel’s Vest
date: label: associated date
content: 1860-1865
name: label: user
content: Harper, Robert W.
notes: label: Description
content: This vest was worn by a colonel in the Confederate Army Infantry. Single-breasted black wool vest with blue and red stripes. There is a single row of six small brass buttons on the front breast. The buttons are decorated with an eagle grasping an anchor and encircled by thirteen stars. The vest is finished along the collar, flaps, and bottom front with black cording and blue, green, and brown ribbon. There is one horizontal slash pocket on the left front side of the vest and two on the right front. The back of the vest is constructed from brown cotton. There are two adjustable straps on the back waist, one with a metal buckle. Handwritten in ink on the inside of the right strap is the text, "R. W. Harper Sept-12 60". The inside is fully lined with off-white cotton. There is a pocket in the left side of the lining and a leather strip on the bottom inside of each side of the vest.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: AF.42581
label: catalog number
content: 42581
label: accession number
content: 163704
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vest
label: Other Terms
content: vest; Man; CSA, Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (stripes color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (stripes color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (stripes color)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 11 1/2 in; 55.88 cm x 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 21 in x 11 in x 2 in; 53.34 cm x 27.94 cm x 5.08 cm