C&D Jarnagin - Federal Heavy Artillery Frock Coat (Enlisted)

Description

C&D Jarnagin - Federal Heavy Artillery Frock Coat (Enlisted).
Size 40, in excellent condition, see photos. Lists for 5.00 new.
By regulation, all foot troops were to have the frock coat for normal service wear.  Due to the efforts of the photographers of the war, and also to our fine photographic archivists today, both hobbyists as well as professional, we are able to know that the frock coat was greatly in evidence throughout the war.  One very famous Gardner image of the dead of the Iron Brigade at Gettysburg proves without doubt that these infantrymen wore the frock coat into battle as late as July 1863.  Other photos show its heavy use well past the end of the war.
Jarnagin's coat is copied from an original in their private collection and is made as specified by the
Revised U.S. Army Regulations of 1861 Section 1482
of
18 oz.
twill weave wool with narrow service branch piping on cuffs and collar. Collar and Cuff piping is done in
1/8”
Sky blue for Infantry, Yellow for Engineer, Red for Heavy Artillery, and Crimson for Ordnance and Hospital stewards.  It has a quilted breast lining of cotton and sleeve linings of cotton muslin.  Sleeve cuffs are functional with a two button closure and the edge of the split is piped.  There are two tail pockets.  The skirt is made long  because they were issued unhemmed and each soldier hemmed the coat to regulation; (
mid way between the top of the hip and the bend of the knee)
.  The skirt is not lined.  The frock coat has a nine
¾”
button front with two
5/8”
buttons on each cuff and two 3/4
”
buttons at the waist on the back at the top of the pleats.  Buttons are general service Eagle Buttons.
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