Descriptions of
the Sack Coat from the
US Dress Regulations of 1861
Enlisted
Sack Coat (Fatigue Blouse) - 4 general service eagle buttons,
fold over collar, one inside pocket, lined or unlined. Navy Blue wool.
1457. For Fatigue Purposes--a
sack coat of dark blue flannel extending half-way down the thigh, and
made loose, without sleeve or body lining, falling collar, inside pocket
on the left side, four coat buttons down the front.
1458. For Recruits--the
sack coat will be made with sleeves and body lining, the latter of
flannel.
description from 1858 dress regulations
Officers
Jr. Officer Sack Coat (lieutenants and Captains) - Single
breasted with 5 eagle buttons with I, C, or A in the shield, fold
over, standup or civilian style collar, 3 outside pockets and 1 inside
breast pocket. 3 small buttons (same style as stated above) on non
functional cuffs. Optional velvet collar or collar and cuffs.
Sr. Officer Sack
Coat (Magor, Lt Colonel, and Colonel) - Double breasted with
5 buttons in each row. Option of eagle I, C, or A buttons or
Staff Buttons, fold over, standup or civilian style collar, 3 outside
pockets and 1 inside breast pocket. 3 small buttons (same style as
selected above) on non functional cuffs. Optional velvet collar or
collar and cuffs.
General Officer
Sack Coat
Brigadier General - Double breasted with 8 buttons grouped by
2 in each row. Option of eagle I, C or A buttons or Staff buttons,
fold over, standup or civilian style collar. 3 outside pockets and 1
inside breast pocket 3 small buttons (same style as selected above) on
non functional cuffs. Optional velvet collar or collar and cuffs.
Major General - Double breasted with 9 buttons grouped by 3
in each row. Option of eagle I,C,A buttons or Staff buttons, fold
over, standup or civilian style collar. 3 outside pockets and 1 inside
breast pocket 3 small buttons (same style as selected above) on non
functional cuffs. Optional velvet collar or collar and cuffs.
Description
from revised regulations of 1861 Buttons -
The button and configuration designate the
rank and branch of service of the officer.
18...For
General Officers and Officers of the General Staff - gilt, convex, with
spread eagle and stars, and plain border; large size, seven - eighths of
an inch in exterior diameter; small size one - half inch.
19...For
Officers of the Corps of Engineers - gilt, nine - tenths of an inch in
exterior diameter, slightly convex; a. raised bright rim, one -
thirtieth of an inch wide; device, an eagle holding in his beak a
scroll, with the word "Essayons," a bastion with embrasures in the
distance surrounded by water, with a rising sun - the figures to be of
dead gold upon a bright field. Small buttons of the same form and
device, and fifty - five hundredths of an inch in exterior diameter.
20...States,
occupying one - half the diameter, and the letters T. E. in old
English characters the other half; small buttons, one - half inch
diameter, device and form the same.
21...For Officers of the Ordnance
Department - gilt, convex, plain border, cross cannon and bombshell,
with a circular scroll over and across the cannon, containing the words
Ordnance Corps: large size, seven - eighths of an inch in exterior
diameter; small size, one - half inch.
22...For
Officers of Artillery, Infantry, Riflemen, Cavalry, and Dragoons - gilt,
convex; device, a spread eagle with the letter A, for Artillery - 1, for
Infantry - R, for Riflemen - C, for Cavalry - D, for Dragoons, on the
shield; large size, seven - eighths of an inch in exterior diameter;
small size, one - half inch.
23...Aides
- de - camp may wear the button of the General Staff, or of their
regiment or corps, at their option.
24...For
all Enlisted Men - yellow, the same as is used by the Artillery, &c.,
omitting the letter in the shield.
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