Uniforms What a goofy looking hat.

[Kentucky Derby Cavalier.]

I've heard that this type of hat is called a Drab hat, I've also heard it called a bee hive Slouch hat? What is this thing? Was it common? It looks like a witches hat from Halloween.

 

[Elliot Crumblemuffin]

I've heard that this type of hat is called a Drab hat, I've also heard it called a bee hive Slouch hat? What is this thing? Was it common? It looks like a witches hat from Halloween.

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Looks more like a Wizards hat . Perhaps it was part of Forrests cavalry uniform issue...

 

[Kentucky Derby Cavalier.]

Looks more like a Wizards hat . Perhaps it was part of Forrests cavalry uniform issue...

Lol

 

[Kentucky Derby Cavalier.]

FYI folks, I have link to the site I pulled the pic from, I just didn't want to redirect away from the main site.

 

[Tom Elmore]

Looks more like a Wizards hat . Perhaps it was part of Forrests cavalry uniform issue...

The Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz wore a similar hat and it didn't keep the crows away.

 

[Elliot Crumblemuffin]

The Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz wore a similar hat and it didn't keep the crows away.

But he didn't have a brain

 

[19thGeorgia]

Standard issue of the 1st Tennessee Hillbillies

 

[JOHN42768]

The owner got his head caught in a pencil sharpener

 

[Pollaco]

Where was this hat found? And don't say the Emerald Forest.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

It is, indeed, a Beehive Slouch hat that has lost it's original shape.
Like most "slouch" hats, these came from home

 

[Sheltowee]

The memory is dim and fading. But I've seen somewhere else…..

 

[Nathan Stuart]

There was such a wide variety of headwear worn by Confederate soldiers, it's no surprise a soldier wore this type of drab hat. It looks like a scarecrow's headpiece. Think it was more likely to have been found (and used) in remoter farming areas.

Think there's a photo of this type of Confederate hat that was recovered from the Fort Smith battlefield (in Western Arkansas).

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Here's an example of a Civil War era hat (reproduction) made by "Dirty Billy". It is easy to see that, once this style has become mis-shapen, it would look like the one in the original post.
There are, however, several variations that are called "Beehive".

 

[A. Roy]

Those of us of a certain age might call this a Conehead hat.
ARB

 

[LoyaltyOfDogs]

Here's an example of a Civil War era hat (reproduction) made by "Dirty Billy". It is easy to see that, once this style has become mis-shapen, it would look like the one in the original post.
There are, however, several variations that are called "Beehive".

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Several officers of the 10th Massachusetts Infantry's Co. E in the picture appear to be wearing this very same hat. The hat worn by the man in the left foreground already appears to be misshapen and possibly ended up looking like the one shown in the OP.

Captain Frederick Barton and the NCOs of Co. E, 10th Massachusetts Infantry, with their Newfoundland dog. Taken at Camp Brightwood, Washington, DC, in August 1861 (Massachusetts MOLLUS Collection at the Army Military History Institute)

 

[DixieRifles]

You are correct. That is a Goody Hat.

 

[JerryD]

Kind of looks like the pointy part was supposed to be dented into a crown and not elongated like that.

 

[FedericoFCavada]

Looks like the original owner, no?
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/whipple-hat-havelocks.106161/

 

[scooter748driver]

I thought Wizard of Oz scarecrow as soon as I saw it. But from the other pictures provided in this thread it looks like it was fairly common type. And what with people nowadays wearing hats & caps backwards and sideways and any old way, who am I to condemn a hat from history?

 

[Lampasas Bill]

Looks like the original owner, no?

"Come on! Make fun of my Hat! I dare you!" It looks like the photographer may have run out of props.