Model 1864 cap
Model 1864 cap
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- Description
- This Pattern 1864 cap, like several others in the Schuylkill collection, was manufactured by the firm of W.C. Dare in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania according to government specifications. Made of stiffened felt, it has light artillery insignia, including the brass crossed-cannons and eagle emblem on the brim and the scarlet plume, cord, and tassel.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cap
- Other Terms
- cap; Man; Army; Artillery, Light; Enlisted Man
- Measurements
- overall (boxed): 37 1/2 in x 15 in x 9 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 38.1 cm x 24.13 cm
- ID Number
- AF.25125.106
- catalog number
- 25125.106A
- accession number
- 64127
- Credit Line
- U.S. War Department
- subject
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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