Army Artillery Sergeant’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 dismounted trousers would have been worn by a Sergeant in a U.S. Army Artillery regiment. Pair of sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with a six button fly and four large buttons around the waist. Buttons are tin. The inner edge of the fly is hand pinked. There are two pockets and a watch pocket. 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 1 1/2" stripe of red wool tape which runs from the pocket to the cuff on the outside seam of each leg. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outside seams of the trouser cuffs. On the inside of the right pocket is a red number 1. On the back left of the waistband facing is stamped "12" and "2 SA".
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.25101.028
label: catalog number
content: 25101.028
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Artillery; Sergeant; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (stripe color)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 32 in; 78.74 cm x 81.28 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 45 in x 16 in x 2 in; 114.3 cm x 40.64 cm x 5.08 cm