Army Cavalry Corporal’s Trousers, Model 1861, Type I
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1861 type I mounted trousers would have been worn by a Corporal in a U.S. Army Cavalry regiment. Pair of sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with a six button fly and six large 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 side pockets are cotton twill. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelets for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. The trousers are unlined. "19" and " 4 SA" is stamped on the right center back waistband facing. A second layer of kersey fabric reinforcement covers the seat and inner thighs of the trousers down to the cuff. There are two small tin buttons on the inside cuff at each side seam. There is a 1/2" wide yellow wool tape which runs from the waistband to the cuff on the outside seam of each leg. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outside seams of each 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.25101.027
label: catalog number
content: 25101.027
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Cavalry; Corporal; 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: 34 in x 37 in; 86.36 cm x 93.98 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 45 in x 19 in x 2 in; 114.3 cm x 48.26 cm x 5.08 cm