Uniforms of the U.S. Navy 1841

The uniform regulations of 19 February 1841 were the first to include a section on the dress of enlisted personnel. The section on the men was short and most general without a description of the clothing, so the previous uniforms, made up from physical samples to be seen at the navy yards, remained in use with only slight style modifications. The style of the officers’ full dress coat was changed and now buttoned across the chest, the buttons being in parallel rows. The undress coat was…

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