US Army Model 1832 General Staff Frock Coat worn by William T. Sherman
date: label: date made
content: ca 1832-1850
label: used date
content: 1850
label: associated date
content: 1832
name: label: wearer
content: Sherman, William Tecumseh
notes: label: Description
content: US Army General Staff frock coat, Model 1832, worn by Army Captain William Tecumseh Sherman. The blue wool, single breasted frock coat has 10 brass eagle buttons down its front and one small button on its left sleeve, and wool and bullion epaulettes on its shoulders. A brass fastener was found in its inside pocket. There is brown velvet lining on the inside of the collar. The coat has padded with wool felting in its upper half and some remnants of the original black silk lining. This coat was worn by Sherman at his Washington, D.C. wedding in 1850. The ceremony, in which Sherman wed Eleanor Boyle ("Ellen") Ewing, daughter of US Senator Thomas Ewing, was attended by president Zachary Taylor, among other Washington elites.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: William Tecumseh Sherman
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.15930
label: accession number
content: 59388
label: catalog number
content: 15930
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat
label: Other Terms
content: coat; Man; Army; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue, dark (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (inside collar material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 18 in; 101.6 cm x 45.72 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 36 in x 22 in x 4 in; 91.44 cm x 55.88 cm x 10.16 cm