Forage cap
date: label: associated date
content: 1860-1880
notes: label: Description
content: This Baltimore Mounted Rifleman cap was purchased from Canfield Bros. & Company. Militiaman Thomas Hill of the Maryland National Guard wore it when he went to fight for the Union. During the Civil War it was common for soldiers to have two kinds of headgear. An order issued by the U.S. War Department in 1858 called for enlisted men to receive each year one dress hat and a fatigue or forage cap like this red one.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. George Stansfield
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.65427M
label: catalog number
content: 65427M
label: accession number
content: 227582
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap
label: Other Terms
content: cap; Man; Militia
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (trim color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (cap color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (boxed): 12 1/4 in x 13 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 31.115 cm x 34.925 cm x 34.925 cm