Civil War shakos

[aidenmac17]

What kind of shakos did privates, cadets, volunteer units, wear before and during the outbreak of the Civil War?

 

[peacefulanimalguy7]

Prior to the Civil War, the US Army mainly used 1851 shakos like these

Many of the state regiments wore different shakos in 1861

This one is from the 7th New York Infantry

And this one from the 18th Massachusetts

And the Light Artillery also had their own
Those are just some specific examples. There's obviously more

 

[aidenmac17]

Interesting, I never knew they used different shakos...

Also just by your profile picture do you play Roblox?

 

[peacefulanimalguy7]

Indeed

 

[aidenmac17]

Ah thats nice, I play it also... do you want my user?

I mostly larp on that game too...

 

[peacefulanimalguy7]

I'm good on that, thank you

 

[Salterr]

Also to add the 1860 French imports but the shako was disliked so it was usually discarded. The artillery one in the above post is the 1864 light artillery model

Interesting, I never knew they used different shakos...

Also just by your profile picture do you play Roblox?

 

[aidenmac17]

Also to add the 1860 French imports but the shako was disliked so it was usually discarded. The artillery one in the above post is the 1864 light artillery model


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I've seen a french shako at the time when I was at a museum in Turkey.

 

[aidenmac17]

Also what's cool is that I just saw in a video I was watching just now that even the 53rd Maryland guard militia even wore the 1851 shakos.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

I would love to pick up one of those US used French shakos for my collection. I saw a couple for sale for ~$350 a while back, but now I can't find any.

 

[Salterr]

That was a great price, most dealers have them for double now!

 

[HatEnjoyer]

That was a great price, most dealers have them for double now!

Indeed! The one I remember was only missing its liner, so whoever got it definitely got an outstanding deal. That shako is just another item on my long list of things I should've picked up immediately now!

 

[major bill]

Here are a couple of Civil War shakos.

Albert style hat; A short stiff cap like a shako but shorter. It had a cloth top. A few militia companies wore these British style shakos.

National Guard shako;/ pattern 1851 National Guard-style dress cap; Like the normal pattern 1851 but the body was usually black with a leather top replacing the cloth top and with a leather bottom band. Very common with militia companies at the start of the Civil War.

 

[Salterr]

Indeed! The one I remember was only missing its liner, so whoever got it definitely got an outstanding deal. That shako is just another item on my long list of things I should've picked up immediately now!

I think we all have a list like that. It's been years but I still think about the pieces I skipped and how foolish it was

 

[HatEnjoyer]

I think we all have a list like that. It's been years but I still think about the pieces I skipped and how foolish it was

Yeah, the "collector's curse" I call it, it's just something that comes with the hobby. Unfortunately, you can't buy it all!

 

[Salterr]

Yeah, the "collector's curse" I call it, it's just something that comes with the hobby. Unfortunately, you can't buy it all!

Sadly I know! I'm an insignia and shoulder board collector and I passed on a double border cavalry colonel set. It haunts me hahah

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Sadly I know! I'm an insignia and shoulder board collector and I passed on a double border cavalry colonel set. It haunts me hahah

Yikes! That must've sucked! For Civil War relics, I recently lost an auction for an excavated CSA wishbone buckle by just a few cents. Now I'm eyeing a French Revolution saber and 1810 pattern shako plate for my Napoleonic French collection, and I'm praying they don't go before I've got the funds to pick them up haha