Confederate Officer’s Dress Frock Coat (Hussar-Style)
A high-fidelity reproduction of the Confederate States Army officer’s hussar-style dress frock coat, tailored in slate grey wool with black frogging, brass buttons, gold rank braid and extended black quilted tails. Authentic mid-war Southern dress uniform styling.
Full Detailed Product Description
This Confederate Officer’s Dress Frock Coat represents the elite ceremonial uniform worn by senior cavalry, artillery and staff officers during the American Civil War. Recreated exactly from surviving originals, this coat features a slate/steel-grey wool shell, a standing collar faced with black braid, and full front hussar-style frogging running in parallel rows. Each braid loop is anchored by heavy reproduction Confederate staff-officer brass buttons (available on extra payment).
The sleeves display full officer rank distinction: multiple wide gold sleeve stripes (sometimes called Austrian knots or rank bars) identifying a senior officer, and pointed cuffs trimmed with black braid and arranged decorative brass buttons. The long black quilted skirt tails replicate period tailoring found in high-grade dress frocks among Confederate command officers.
The interior is fully lined in black cotton-sateen with hand-stitched finishing on seams and facings. All materials, including the woolen kersey body, metallic gold braid, and custom die-struck CSA-style buttons, match surviving museum examples. Ideal for high-accuracy reenactment, display, museums, and film production.
