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     The frock coat shown here was worn by an unidentified Confederate General.  The General’s cadet gray frock coat is one of only five known to be in private collections.  Many Generals, or their families, donated their Wartime uniforms to their respective state institutions or the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, the forerunner to the Museum of the Confederacy, where the largest collection of General’s uniforms reside.

     The three stars on the collar surrounded by a wreath denote a General officer; the spacing of the coats buttons, two by two denotes a Brigadier General.  The coat is adorned with its twenty original Confederate staff officer’s buttons.  The buttons have Extra Rich Treble Gilt backmarks.  The collar has a buff facing and the coat is piped in front and back with buff trim.  The cuff has a buff chevron that continues the complete circumference of the cuff.  The chevron is outlined with braid and four strands of braid, once again denoting a General Officer.  Above the chevron rests a four braid trefoil.  The back of the sleeves are accented with a buff strip adorned with battle beads and outlined with four rows of braid on either side and capped by a four braid trefoil. 

     The coat has only the slightest of mothing.  It is finely made by a skilled tailor and remains in beautiful original condition.  It is a shame the owner is not identified and one would think with some serious research the Brigadier General who owned this could be discovered.  The coat comes mounted on a mannequin and ready to display in the finest home or office.