THIS IS A CIVIL WAR OFFICERS COAT THAT WAS DECOMMISSIONED FROM THE GETTYSBURG CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS MUSEUM BACK IN THE 1980S. IT IS IN ORIGINAL AS FOUND UNCLEANED CONDITION WITH WEAR STAINS AND SCATTERED MOTHING TO THE WOOL WITH REPAIRS THROUGHOUT. THE LINER IS ORIGINAL COTTON TYPE FABRIC WITH SOME OF THE BUTTONS STILL INTACT. WORN BY AN UNIDENTIFIED UNION SOLDIER AND POSSIBLY ARTILLERY. IT HAS STENCILED MARKINGS ON THE INSIDE THAT IS HARD TO MAKE OUT. BUTTONS BACKMARK IS WATERBURY 1865 OR EARLIER. G.A COWLES STAMP WAS A COMPANY WHO TREATED WOOL FABRIC PATENTED 1864 THRU 1878. COAT DATES 1864-65 OR A LITTLE LATER. NICE EARLY JACKET FROM PENNSYLVANIA. INSURED SHIPPING TO THE LOWER 48 STATES IS 20.00.
