U.S. Army artilleryman's jacket
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- Created Date
- 1854-1872
- Description
Blue single breasted coatee. Shell jacket. Braided in scarlet. Single row of small sized General Service Eagle buttons. Two buttons on each side of high collar on loops of scarlet braid. Belonged to enlisted man. Both shoulders should have loop - brass shoulder - on both shoulders called scale. Button of the type used by all enlisted men from 1854 on.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Costume (mode of fashion)
Clothing
Main garments
Uniforms
Jackets (garments)
Military uniforms
United States. Army
Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed forces
Armies
Soldiers - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (22.5 in)Width: (17 in)Wool (textile)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- U.S. Army artilleryman's jacket. 1854-1872. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2066. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1854-1872) U.S. Army artilleryman's jacket. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2066
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2066>.