Confederate Army Surgeon’s Vest
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This vest was worn by a Confederate Army surgeon during the American Civil War. Single-breasted dark blue wool vest, which originally had eight brass eagle buttons. Four buttons starting with the second-most from the top down are currently missing. There are two horizontal slash pockets on the left side of the vest, and one on the right. The top left side pocket and the right side pocket are lined with 1/8" gold braid. Tied to the top button is a length of the gold braid. The back of the vest is made of brown cotton. There is an two piece adjustable strap at the back waist with a metal buckle. The two sides of the strap are tied together in a knot next to the buckle. The inside of the vest is fully lined with off-white cotton and is padded in the front. On the left side of the front chest is handwritten in brown and blue ink, "Dr. I.E. Nagle Surgeon, C.S.A."
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.2142B
label: catalog number
content: 2142B
label: accession number
content: 18342
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vest
label: Other Terms
content: vest; Man; CSA, Army; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: dark blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold braid (braid material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 14 in; 48.26 cm x 35.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 19 in x 12 in x 3 in; 48.26 cm x 30.48 cm x 7.62 cm