George Armstrong Custer's dress uniform frock coat
date: label: used date
content: 1864-02-09
name: label: user
content: Custer, George Armstrong
notes: label: Description
content: In the Fall of 1862, while on leave from the Civil War, George Armstrong Custer met Elizabeth "Libbie" Bacon at a social in Monroe, Michigan. Libbie, the daughter of a prominent judge, fell in love with the dashing Custer. Her father opposed the match, as Custer was from an undistinguished family, but finally relented after Custer was promoted to Major General, U.S. Volunteers. On February 9, 1864, Custer was wed to Libbie Bacon wearing this coat.
label: Description
content: The coat is a regulation 1861 Major General's uniform coat, of dark blue wool with blue velvet collar and cuffs. Two rows of nine buttons are placed in groups of three down the breast, with three smaller buttons adorning the cuffs. Attached to each shoulder is a shoulder board trimmed with gold thread, with two silver-embroidered stars denoting the rank of Major General.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Elizabeth B. Custer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.13042
label: catalog number
content: 13042
label: accession number
content: 54045
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coat
label: Other Terms
content: Coat; Man; Army; Major General; Officer; Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 37 in x 16 in x 2 in; 93.98 cm x 40.64 cm x 5.08 cm