Fez and Scale Mounts

[Manassas 1861]

Found this yank today, hes wearing a US artillery shell jacket with shoulder scale mountings, and a non-regulation fez. And... the elephant in the room, that awesome mustache! LOC.

 

[RedRover]

His cap is evidently a common "smoking" or night cap. A Union veteran noted receiving one from home...

Another...

The fanciest ones could be rather ornately embroidered...

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Here's a smoking cap supposedly owned, but never used by Robert E. Lee: