Army Cavalry Corporal's Trousers, Model 1861
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: These model 1861 mounted trousers would have been worn by a Corporal in a U.S. Army Cavalry regiment. Pair of sky blue kersey heavy, coarse wool twill trousers with a six button fly and six large metal buttons around the waist. Buttons are tin. There is an additional fly button inside the left waistband, 5 inches from the opening. There are two vertical slash pockets and a single watch pocket on the right side of the waistband. The waistband facing and pocket are made of cotton twill. The trousers are unlined. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelets for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. There is a single 1/2" band of yellow wool tape which runs down the outside seam of each pant leg from the waistband to the cuff. On the right waistband facing there is a seven handwritten in red. There is a second layer of wool kersey reinforcement which covers the seat of the pants to the cuff. There is a one inch slit at the cuff on each outside seam. There are two buttons on either seam inside the cuff of each leg.
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.25101.006
label: catalog number
content: 25101.006
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: 31 in x 32 in; 78.74 cm x 81.28 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 48 in x 16 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 121.92 cm x 41.91 cm x 6.35 cm