Model 1857 Frock Coat
Model 1857 Frock Coat
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- Description
- This coat bears the insignia of a hospital steward—a yellow silk embroidered caduceus on each sleeve. The responsibilities of hospital stewards included maintaining order and discipline, keeping records, dressing minor wounds, assisting surgeons, and serving as pharmacists. No one except the hospital steward was allowed into the dispensary where opium, morphine, and other drugs were stored.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coat
- Other Terms
- coat; Man; Army; Artillery; Enlisted Man; Dress
- associated date
- 1857
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- dark blue (overall color)
- crimson (trim color)
- green (half-chevron color)
- brass (buttons material)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 16 in; 91.44 cm x 40.64 cm
- overall (padded): 36 in x 16 in x 2 in; 91.44 cm x 40.64 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- AF.24989.01
- accession number
- 64127
- catalog number
- 24989.01
- Credit Line
- U.S. War Department
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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