Slouch hat
Slouch hat
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- Description
- Like many soldiers on both sides, Colonel Robert Harper had both a kepi and a comfortable slouch hat. This felt hat also did a better job of protecting the wearer from glaring sun or pouring rain.
- Object Name
- hat
- Other Terms
- hat; Man; CSA, Army; Enlisted Man
- associated date
- 1861-1865
- Physical Description
- gray (overall color)
- ID Number
- AF.42580
- catalog number
- 42580
- accession number
- 163704
- Credit Line
- Robert B. Harper
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Exhibition
- Armed Forces, Firearms
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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