Hello! Do you like my hat?

A few more pinterest finds.

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Cpt. Cornelius C. Widdis, 150th PA Infantry, as bucktail example with a fashionable model stance.

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No party without the nurses of the Sanitary Commission.

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A couple of firemen.


And just to show that even silly hats could be progress - we have a not too comfortable iron hat from the English CW.

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How would one wear an iron hat?
 
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From wikipia I have that pic of Col. John Garland. Said to be taken in 1860 0r 61 when he was Colonel and Bvt. Brigadier. But is the eagle on the bicorn a Colonel's rank insignia, which would mean that his paired buttons would be non-regulation for that rank, or is it a symbol of other meaning which I think is more probable ... and why is it slanted?
 
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From wikipia I have that pic of Col. John Garland. Said to be taken in 1860 0r 61 when he was Colonel and Bvt. Brigadier. But is the eagle on the bicorn a Colonel's rank insignia, which would mean that his paired buttons would be non-regulation for that rank, or is it a symbol of other meaning which I think is more probable ... and why is it slanted?
That looks like an extra pair of--what do you call those? epaulets?--on the sides of his hat, that would normally go on his shoulders to attach the fringy things that go directly on the top of the arm/shoulder. I'm completely lacking the terminology here. But he has a nice pair on his shoulders already. Is the dark fan circle, part of the hat or part of the eagle decoration on top of it?

On all these hats and uniforms, there seems to be a menagerie displayed--I killed/plucked/sheared more eagles, bears, chickens, geese, swans, etc. than you. Even maybe unraveled more silkworm cocoons, sheared more alpaca and even a mo or two (for mohair, you know).
 

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I love hats. In my previous house which had a large office with built-in shelves, I had on display 23 hats/helmets.
 
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