Confederate Army Artillery Officer’s Trousers, Model 1861
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
name: label: wearer
content: Wheeler, Woodbury
notes: label: Description
content: These dismounted trousers were worn by Confederate Army Artillery Captain Woodbury Wheeler. Medium blue wool unlined trousers with five flat brass metal four-hole buttons at the fly, six buttons around the waistband, and two vertical slash pockets. There is a two-inch "v"-shaped slit in the back of the trousers. There is a 1 3/4" red wool stripe down the side of each pant leg. Waist facing, pockets, and button hole lining are made of cream colored cotton. The initials "GA" are written in brown ink on the center of the back lining. The entire inside has been lined with a blue fabric in a recent conservation effort. The moth hole edges have been tacked to the lining with small blue stitching.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Military Uniforms
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content: Civil War Uniforms
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35675 [dup5]
label: catalog number
content: 35675
label: accession number
content: 99695
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: trousers; Man; CSA, Army; Artillery; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (stripe color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (stripe material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 29 in; 78.74 cm x 73.66 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 42 in x 14 in x 2 in; 106.68 cm x 35.56 cm x 5.08 cm