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- Aug 25, 2012
When the First Michigan Three Month Volunteer Infantry Regiment mustered out of service in August of 1861 one of the Detroit newspapers stated "each soldier being crowned with a beautiful green wreath provided by the ladies of Detroit." I take this does not mean had a Christmas style wreath about their necks but more of a crown like wreath akin to what Roman heroes wore. Did soldiers the ladies did not much care for receive a wreath made from position ivy?
On a more serious note, how would a soldier wear a wreath with his cap? Say I wanted to do an image of the returning soldiers, how should I depict these "green wreaths"?
On a more serious note, how would a soldier wear a wreath with his cap? Say I wanted to do an image of the returning soldiers, how should I depict these "green wreaths"?