 | Wool Coatee
Gray wool broadcloth coatee with a standing collar, almost certainly for a member of a volunteer militia company. The coat is unlined except for sleeves which are lined in a coarsely woven cotton. The breast is padded, and there are pockets in the tails. Flat gilt braid is only on the collar. |
 | Wool Coatee
Red and buff wool broadcloth coatee with wings, a standing collar, and a single shoulder tab. The coat is unpadded, and lined with glazed red wool except for the tails which are lined in natural linen and have pockets in them. Flat gilt braid embellishment on collar, wings, tails, cuffs, and front... |
 | Red and Blue Infantry Enlisted Man's Coat
This red and blue military coat was probably the dress coat of a private in a volunteer militia comapny. It is cut short in front with tails in the back; the edges of the tails come together and are lined with red. There are two buttons at the waistline and one on each tail. It has a high neck and... |
 | Wool Militia Coat
A scarlet wool militia coat, trimmed in blue, with natural linen lining, except in sleeves which have wristers. The silver buttons marked "treble plated" are 3 on cuffs, 8 on collar, 10 on front, 10 and 9 (1 missing) on "pockets" and 14 on tails. Small brass buttons on epaulets are apparently... |
 | officer's coat
Dark blue wool broadcloth militia officer's coatee with standing scarlet broadcloth collar & cuffs. Collar has no provision for fastening at throat & is embellished with flat silver bullion lace around top, botton and front. Two large horizontal loops of same material are on each side of the collar;... |
 | foot chains
Silvered steel foot chains, identified by Colonel Frederick P. Todd as "Sherryvallies Keepers." See Oxford English Dictionary unabridged p. 687. These chains passed the arch of the boot or shoe with both ends fitting over a button on each side of each leg of the Sherryvallies to keep them from... |
 | trousers
White duck (linen or cotton) trousers with pockets (linen) let into side seams. A smaller pocket is at the top of the waist band (this pocket is also linen). Marked _W Fiske/ 3(?)/9 wY W/ June:_2 18-6/_9 Brace_ (rest illegible)" Waist band is lined with white and red striped linen. Five white bone... |
 | drawers
Buff colored unfulled wool underdrawers of full length, designed to wear beneath lightweight linen uniform trousers. Each leg is assembled from three full length pieces; there is a waist band and, at the rear, a two part yoke. The inseams of the legs are slashed for a distance of six inches and... |
 | epaulettes
A pair of infantry field grade officer's epaulettes. The shoulder boards and boxes are fabricated from cardboard. Boards are covered with silver metallic brocade woven in running geometirc pattern. Crescent is raised, made from finely wrapped silver bullion and bordered with silver metallic sequins. |
 | Double-Breasted Dark Blue Massachusetts Infantry Officer's...
A double-breasted dark blue fine wool broadcloth infantry officer's coatee, that is lined entirely with a finely woven twilled buff wool. Lining is approximately 80 TPI, 33 TPC. The back panels are not lined at all, and there is a mitred seam effect, i.e. drop shoulder seams and two curving shaping... |
 | militia officer's coat
A single breasted dark blue, fine wool broadcloth officer's coatee that is entirely lined; the body and sleeves with a tabby woven, white silk; the tails with a blue broadcloth. Coat is shaped, handsewn with a short, slightly round front waist, "cut in" tail coat with a white cream colored twilled... |
 | epaulette
Silver Infantry company grade Officer's epaulette. Silk lining is missing from underside of board and from part of padding. White silk lining survives on box. Top of board is covered with silver metalic brocade. Border of board is edged with twisted metallic braid in a C. Silver bullion tassels. |
 | home-made epaulette
Tear-shaped plush cloth epaulette made by sewing rows of 1 1/4" wide strips of which the lower 1" have been unravelled to a base fabric of white cotton, which has had its edges turned under 3/16" and zig zag stitched down. At the small end of the tear shape a small flower made of a 1" wide strip of... |
 | militia coat
Dark brown wool broadcloth civilian man's coat with brown velvet collar having notched lapels. The coat has been altered for militia use: cut short at the front to emulate a coatee form. Double breasted front closure has been fitted with brass "0-type" buttons bearing Federal eagle with shield... |
 | Black Top Hat Decorated for Militia Use
Black beaver civilian hat decorated for militia use. Eagle is mounted on an oval cartouche painted light blue, surrounded by a white border and seventeen white five-pointed stars. Edge of hat brim retains vestiges of black binding and, on left side the brim shows a series of two radial lines of...
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