This is an excellent example of the regulation Union army jacket for an enlisted cavalryman, worn by privates as you see it and by non-commissioned officers with the addition of appropriate rank chevrons. This is a key piece for any cavalry collection and this one has virtually no mothing and retains strong color to the dark blue wool body and yellow branch service piping. The piping is fully regulation and complete: running around the collar and its two false buttonholes, down the front, around the waist, on the rear bolsters intended to support the trooper’s saber belt, and on the back on each side in an arc from each bolster to the shoulder joint, and with two chevrons on the cuffs. All twenty buttons are in place: twelve on the front, two on each cuff and two on each side of the collar. All are the regulation small general-service eagle buttons.

The loose-weave gray/brown wool lining is in place and complete, with no runs or tears, the interior chest pocket is good, and the body lining is tight to collar and to the off-white sleeve linings, which are likewise excellent. The sleeve lining in one shoulder also shows the size marking in both an Arabic numeral “3” and the use of three ink dots, in keeping with the army’s standard sizes. Between these is a somewhat blurred government inspector’s ink stamp with the “US” plainly visible in the middle, and what was certainly an abbreviation for “sub-inspector” at bottom and the inspector’s name at top, which might come out under black light. We see only one or two loose threads overall. One or two of the buttons may have been restitched over the past 160 years, hardly unexpected. The buttonholes are good.

Few jackets are showier or have more romance associated with them than those made for cavalry service. This is a top-notch example that would be the centerpiece of a cavalry display. [sr] [ph:L]

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