Union Officer's Coat
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
name: label: maker
content: Sprague
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Blue wool with gold colored buttons.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Confederacy had no provisions for providing Union prisoners with a specific prison uniform. Captured soldiers wore the clothing in which they were captured.
place: label: used
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
label: See more items in
content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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-160
label: catalog number
content: U-160
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coat
label: Other Terms
content: Coat; Man; Army; Infantry; Officer; Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 in x 18 in x 24 in; 106.68 cm x 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm