Army Corps of Engineers Sergeant’s Trousers, Model 1861, Type I
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
name: label: Associated Name
content: U.S. War Department
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1861 type I dismounted trousers would have been worn by a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Pair of sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with a six button fly and four large metal buttons around the waist. Buttons are tin. There are two vertical slash pockets and a single watch pocket on the right side of the waist. The waistband facing and pocket are made of brown glazed cotton twill. The trousers are unlined. On the inside of the left back is stamped "3 SA" and a an illegible number. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelets for waist adjustment at the rear of the waist. There is a 1 1/2" stripe of yellow wool tape that runs from the top of the pocket to the cuff on the outside seam of each leg. There is a one inch slit at the cuff on each outside seam.
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: U.S. War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25101.018
label: catalog number
content: 25101.018
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Engineer; Sergeant; 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: 33 in x 33 in; 83.82 cm x 83.82 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 48 in x 17 in x 2 in; 121.92 cm x 43.18 cm x 5.08 cm