Army Corps of Engineers Corporal’s Trousers, Model 1861, Type I
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1872
label: associated date
content: 1861
name: label: maker
content: Anspach & Stanton
notes: label: Description
content: These model 1861 type I dismounted trousers would have been worn by a Corporal in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sky blue kersey wool twill trousers with six flat four hole tin buttons at the fly and six buttons around waistband. There are two vertical slash pockets and a single watch pocket on the right side of the waist. The trousers are unlined. Yellow threads remain from where the yellow 1/2" stripe was removed from the outside seam of each leg. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelet holes for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. Waist facing and pockets are made of coarse cotton twill. "A & S OCT 10th, 1864" is stamped on both sides of the inside of the waistband. The number "21" is on the center back left of the waistband facing. The number "7" is written in red pencil on the pocket left front. The trousers are hand stitched with heavy brown thread. There are two triangle shaped gussets in the crotch. There is a one inch opening on the bottom of the outside seam of each leg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
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.25101.085
label: catalog number
content: 25101.085
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 34 in; 78.74 cm x 86.36 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 46 in x 15 in x 2 in; 116.84 cm x 38.1 cm x 5.08 cm