Army Artillery Corporal’s Trousers, Model 1860, Type I
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1860 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1860
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1860 type I mounted trousers would have been worn by a Corporal in a U.S. Army Artillery regiment. Sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with six flat four hole tin buttons at the fly and six buttons around the waistband. There are two vertical slash pockets and a single watch pocket on the right side on the waist. The trousers are unlined. 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 coarse cotton twill. There is a single 1/2" stripe of red wool tape down the outside seam of each leg. The number "13" is stamped at the center back right waistband facing. The remaining text is illegible. There is a "7" written in red on the inside of the right pocket. The trousers are hand stitched with heavy brown thread. There is a second layer of wool kersey reinforcement covering the inside of the seat of the pants to the bottom of the pant leg. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outside seam of each leg and two small tin buttons at each side of the inside seams of the trouser cuff.
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.25101.084
label: catalog number
content: 25101.084
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Artillery, Light; Corporal; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (stripe material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 34 in; 78.74 cm x 86.36 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 45 in x 13 in x 2 in; 114.3 cm x 33.02 cm x 5.08 cm