Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Officer's dress trousers
Object Number:
1954.117b
Date:
1889-1892
Medium:
Wool, cotton, silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 16 x 48 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 40.6 x 123.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: each button: "H. POOLE & Co. / SAVILE ROW"
Description:
Dark blue Infantry Inspector General's dress trousers with a black stripe down each side of the legs; 6 button fly with lower 5 buttons hidden, top button exposed, 4 buttons around the waistline (no waistband); horizontal slit pockets at the front at each hip; waistline and pockets lined with twill-weave cotton; stirrups button to the inside of the leg hems.
Gallery Label:
These dress trousers are part of a uniform worn by Thomas Henry Barber (1844-1905) while he served as Inspector General to the State of New York, 1889-1892. The Society also owns the accompanying dress coat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas H. Barber
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
