CIVIL WAR WELLINGTON STYLE CAVALRY BOOTS
These cavalry boots are made of hard, dark brown leather and measure 14 inches high, 11 3/4 inches from heel to toe, and 4 3/4 inches wide. The leather exhibits moderate wear and light cracking. Stitching is tight. Boots have pegged layered heals and sewn soles. These were quality boots when new. Circa 1840-65.
During the American Civil War, boots were made upon straight lasts, meaning that each boot was the same and there was no "right" or "left" boot. What may look like a right or left boot in the picture here actually are straight-last boots that conformed to the curvature of the foot when they were broken in. Right and left boots were introduced after the Civil War but were not popular. It took another 50 years before the masses accepted boots made for right and left feet.
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