Vest
date: label: associated date
content: 1851-1902
name: label: associated person; user
content: Carville, Charles R.
notes: label: Description
content: This uniform vest, along with the uniform trousers and coat, belonged to Lieutenant Carville of the 165th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was donated to the museum in 1906 by the wearer's sister, Mrs. Eliza C. Fiedler. In her letter to the museum dated November 3, 1906, Eliza wrote "These things I desire to present to the National Museum as it will be a satisfaction for me to feel that these treasured articles will be in the care of the Government."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.10622
label: catalog number
content: 10622
label: accession number
content: 46623
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vest
label: Other Terms
content: vest; Man; Army; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: dark blue (front color)
label: Physical Description
content: glazed cotton (back material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (back color)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 14 in; 55.88 cm x 35.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 19 in x 14 in x 2 in; 48.26 cm x 35.56 cm x 5.08 cm