Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Field service coat
Object Number:
1933.79a
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cotton, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 30 in. ( 7 x 50.2 x 76.2 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: inside neck: "K EPPLEY"
Description:
Khaki-colored cotton canvas single-breasted "issue" field service officer's coat; double collar, 4 buttons down the front, 3 pockets on the front with flaps that button closed, 2 golden striped chevron on the left shoulder; 2 panels at the back; buttons unmarked and coat unlined; kerchief found in lower left pocket.
Gallery Label:
This field service coat is part of a uniform worn by Capt. Kurtz Eppley when he served in the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry (Roosevelt's Rough Riders), in the Spanish-American War. This uniform is an example of the Army's first khaki "issue," as well as the first instance when a uniform was referred to as "field service."
Credit Line:
Gift of Captain Kurtz Eppley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
