Take this opportunity to acquire an extraordinary, Civil War Union artilleryman’s shell jacket that is in excellent-plus condition. This military garment, which appears only very slightly used, is constructed of six panels of heavy wool material dyed a deep indigo blue color and presents a shell jacket that is vivid and bright.

The body exhibits a twelve-button front closure. All buttons are original brass General Service eagle buttons and all are securely sewn to the jacket. All button backs are plain. The collar measures approximately 2¾” tall and displays four minty rows of 3/8” wide, artillery-red, worsted wool herringbone piping or tape on the collar exterior. Two cuff size brass General Service eagle buttons adorn each side of the collar and punctuate the rows of red braid. Present at the base of the collar is the black-japanned, single-hook and eye fastener.

The standard red herringbone piping runs the length of the buttonhole-side front flap and decorates the entire bottom edge of the jacket. On the jacket’s backside, piping rises from the two belt-rest pads, a.k.a. ‘pillows’ sewn to the waist area and highlights the standard “V” cut from pillow to shoulder. Sleeve cuffs are functional and both feature a stripe chevron of red braid on the outside cuff and buttons to match the rest of the jacket.

Original, coarse gray/ brown wool material lines the jacket’s interior and is in excellent condition with no tears, thinning or fraying visible. A vertical pocket on the inner left-side jacket front is lined with white cotton cloth and is excellent. Each of the jacket’s two-panel sleeves are lined with white cotton / muslin material in bright, excellent condition. All sleeve stitching is tight and no tears or perforations are visible on the cotton cloth. On the upper right sleeve next to the shoulder’s inner stitching is the government inspector’s oval stamping along with the jacket sizing numeral “2”, and two dots, all stamped in black ink. The slightly smudged oval stamping reads “F. H. SHAFER. / U. S. / INSP. CIN. O”

Jacket’s exterior wool body is in truly remarkable condition with no moth nips, perforations, or holes visible. No tears, no fraying. All the red worsted wool braiding on the jacket is minty, bright, clean and tight with no fraying, ripping or wear through.

Less expensive to produce than the army frock coats, these artillery shell jackets were a comfortable and durable uniform garment worn by Union mounted soldiers during the war. This superb, Civil War artillery shell jacket is a super-fine, Cincinnati Depot government-issue specimen. If the collector is seeking a very fine, rare original Civil War shell jacket, you’ve found it. [ad] [ph:L]

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