Berdan's Sharpshooter's hat
date: label: date made
content: ca 1861-1865
notes: label: Description
content: This hat was a part of the 1st United States Sharpshooters uniform. Sharpshooters fought mainly as skirmishers—soldiers who led advances and probed enemy lines for weaknesses, sometimes taking cover and targeting officers or artillerymen. Wearing green uniforms that made them hard to spot amid trees and grass gave them a strategic advantage. Sharpshooters of exceptional skill were assigned to act independently as snipers, using heavy target rifles that could hit their targets up to a thousand yards.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Army
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.24939.103
label: accession number
content: 64127
label: catalog number
content: 24939.103
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap
label: Other Terms
content: cap; Man; Army; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: green (cap color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (brim material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 10 in x 7 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 25.4 cm x 19.05 cm