Confederate Army Infantry Shell Jacket
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: This jacket would have been worn by a member of the Confederate Army Infantry during the American Civil War. Single breasted tan and gray homespun wool shell jacket with seven large wooden buttons down the front. The jacket and sleeves are fully lined with natural cotton. There is a large slit pocket on the left middle front of the same natural cotton that is delineated on the front with a 2"x7" strip of fabric. All stitching is hand-down with large, gray-thread stitchwork.
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-081
label: catalog number
content: U-081
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0921
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jacket
label: Other Terms
content: Jacket; Man; CSA, Army; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 17 in; 58.42 cm x 43.18 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 29 in x 17 in x 3 in; 73.66 cm x 43.18 cm x 7.62 cm