Confederate Army Officer’s Vest
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: This vest would have been worn by an Officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Single-breasted gray-blue wool vest which originally had six in situ metallic buttons with black fabric covers, but currently only four remain. There are two slit pockets on the left, one on the chest, and one pocket on the lower right. The back of the vest is brown cotton. There is an adjustable strap at the back waist with a metal buckle. The inside of the vest is fully lined with off-white cotton and is padded in the front.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.U-199
label: catalog number
content: U-199
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0953
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Vest
label: Other Terms
content: Vest; Man; CSA, Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gray-blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (buttons material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (backing material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (backing color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 52.07 cm x 34.29 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 21 in x 12 in x 1 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 30.48 cm x 3.81 cm