Army Cavalry Corporal’s Trousers, Model 1861, Type III
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
name: label: maker
content: Anspach & Stanton
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1861 type III trousers would have been worn by a Corporal in a U.S. Army Cavalry regiment. Pair of sky blue kersey wool twill trousers, which formerly had a six button fly, however, a single button is missing. There are 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 the side pockets are cotton. There is a 1/2" stripe of yellow wool tape which runs from the waistband to the cuff on the outside seam of each leg. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelets for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. The trousers are unlined. There is a second layer of wool kersey reinforcement which covers from the seat of the pants down the inside each leg to the cuff. On the left back waistband facing is the number "21" and "A &S, Oct 10, 1864". The same mark is on the right front waistband facing. There are two tin buttons inside the cuff at both seams on each leg. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outside seams.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
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.25101.101
label: catalog number
content: 25101.101
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: 30 in x 32 in; 76.2 cm x 81.28 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 43 in x 15 in x 2 in; 109.22 cm x 38.1 cm x 5.08 cm