Michigan Hats

[Abrams]

Re: Michigan Hats

Sent PM for a blue one.

Fort Negley may just be a bit nippy this year. :)

[KathyBradford]

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Updated list

Maroon
Steve Bucher 7 5/8
Chris Hawley 7 1/4
Rick Miculack 22¼”
Matt Prince 23½”
Jeremy Scott 24¼”
Josh Bucher 23½”
Denny Whiting
Russ Paul
Chris Meeker
Charles Traxler 7 3/8
Robert Roeder 7 1/2 - 23¾”
Will Eichler 7 1/2
Dave Prince 7 3/8 - 7 1/2
Jeremy Bevard 7 3/8
Brian White 7 1/2
Rob Carter 7 3/8

Dark Blue
Erik Simundson 7 1/4
Will “Huck” Green 7 1/8 to 7 1/4 22 ½”
Terry Sorchy 7 1/4
Dirk Behana 22¼”
Curt Schmidt 7 1/2
Brian Koenig 7 1/8
John Wickett 22¾”
Joe Blunt 22½”
Ron Mueller 7 1/2
Ken Callaway 7 3/4
Eric Fair 7 1/2


Wool felt and yarn orders will go in Wednesday. Please encourage anyone who wants theirs to match to get their order in for this run. Also, if anyone would rather switch to maroon in light of the recently revealed picture, please let me know.

After we know the price and the date of delivery for the materials, I'll post a request for payment. Paypal, checks, or money orders will all be welcomed. Then, I'll make the hats in the order payment is received.

Thank you.

Sorry to keep reposting this with the additions. The editing time for the last one expired.

[JustRob]

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Gosh, you go away for a long weekend and all sorts of stuff happens.

I'll take a maroon with blue tassel, size 7 3/8.

[Eric Fair]

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I'd love to have a dark blue for a size 7 1/2. Thanks for this run - they look outstanding!

[bhutton]

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Hi Kathy,

I'll take one
Maroon 7 1/4'" will email you for price and address

Bob Hutton

[26th NC]

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Oh crap, just when I thought I could make it through one season without having to buy a "gotta have it" item, along comes this hat and everyone getting one. Ok, you twisted my arm.

Maroon
7 3/8

It'll probably complement the sleeping cap, three housewives and preservation parcels I have from you, but I am not sure. Guess I'll have to see what comes next also. Payment coming on PayPal.

Layton Pennington
26th NC

[4th Michigan Historian]

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Just some thoughts regarding my image posted at :

https://www.fourthtexas.com/federal_orders.htm

The tinting of a photograph by a photographer and or his "artist" was done to emphasize the life-like portrayal of the sitter, in this case a soldier from the Fourth Michigan Infantry. The addition of color would transfer a grayscale portrait into a more realistic composition of the scene / and or sitter captured by the camera's lens. So with that in mind, when color was added, the artist was not at liberty to turn a blue uniform green, or gray hair black, or more specifically a blue hat maroon. The photographer's work would obviously be subject to approval by the sitter and so he was working within the parameters that would honestly portray, and thus please, the customer (soldier) with the colors that were available for him to use. This was especiually so with regard to the addition of color, since the soldier incurred an additional expense for that choice. So tinting a soldier's blue cap into a maroon cap would most likely leave the photographer stuck with the customer's unwanted image!

Continuing in thought..... A northern photographer who's typical customer was a Union soldier, would have relied on blue and gold as the most common colors to use by him (or his artist), with probably red and green to follow. I say that since most of his customers were wearing State and Federal issued uniforms of blue. The gold paint would be required to tint the brass buttons, regimental and company devices, branch of service insignias, as well as belt plates, epaulettes, etc. So I wonder if blue was indeed the most common color used by the photographer's artist, why have I never noticed a single blue tinted fez in the dozen's of "Canadian hat" images that I've seen? And I do not exaggerate when I say that I have seen at least seventy "Canadian hat" images and at least fifteen of those were enhanced in color by the photographer or his artist. Even in those images that I have seen that were identifeid to regiments other than the Fourth Michigan Infantry, red or maroon was the dominant color choice.

So in summary, I believe that unless a period document, letter, diary, etc. is located that spells out the use of a blue cap with a blue tassle, we are speculating that a blue hat with blue tassles was the description of the headgear worn by some of the men of the Fourth Michigan Infantry. And if we rely on the shading in a grayscale ( or even sepia) image to determine that the cap was blue as well as the tassles, we are speculating much more . I find a great deal less speclation in a digitally scrutinized view of period tinted images with reasonable provenance ( identifying them as a soldiers from the Fourth Michigan Infantry) which reveals a maroon body and medium blue tassles.

Author and fellow Fourth Michigan enthusiast, Marty Berterra and I have both agreed with a 90% certainty that the regiment wore Canadian hats, or fezs if you prefer, with a maroon body and blue tassles. But of course the opinions and research of others would be welcome with respect to the blue/ blue color scheme.

Respectfully,
George Wilkinson
Dexter, Michigan

"I am tuff A nuff to cross hell on a wooden bridge to whip a trator"
Private Newell White, Co. B, Fourth Michigan Infantry (Aug. 5th,1861 letter home)

[KathyBradford]

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Thank you, George.

I ordered extra maroon wool felt, just in case anyone wanted to change their order. If so, please just let me know.

Terre Lawson is scouring and indigo dying our wool yarn for the tassels. Weather permitting, she'll be able to send it in about two weeks.

Meanwhile, I'm planning to sew the caps for all who have paid in the order that funds were received. That way, they'll be ready for tassels and mailing as soon as possible.

Thank you to all who have been part of this.

[Curt Schmidt]

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Hallo!

"After we know the price and the date of delivery for the materials, I'll post a request for payment. Paypal, checks, or money orders will all be welcomed. Then, I'll make the hats in the order payment is received."

and

"Meanwhile, I'm planning to sew the caps for all who have paid in the order that funds were received. That way, they'll be ready for tassels and mailing as soon as possible."


Mistress Kathy:

Did I miss the "request for payment?"

??

Curt
Missing in Action Mess

[KathyBradford]

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Sorry for the confusion, Curt and All,

I posted the call in a different thread, and I should have put the information, here, too. Here is the other thread. http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/...ad.php?t=19355

In summary, the hats will be made of the highest quality available 100% wool felt and lined with linen. The maroon ones are from 16 oz. wool, and the navy ones are from 14 oz. wool. The tassels will be handmade from Terre Lawson's hand spun, hand dyed, indigo wool yarn.

This is the list of all the names and choices so far. If anyone would like any changes, please just say the word.

Maroon
Steve Bucher 7 5/8
Chris Hawley 7 1/4
Rick Miculack 22¼”
Matt Prince 23½”
Jeremy Scott 24¼”
Josh Bucher 23½”
Denny Whiting
Russ Paul
Chris Meeker
Charles Traxler 7 3/8
Robert Roeder 7 1/2 - 23¾”
Will Eichler 7 1/2
Dave Prince 7 3/8 - 7 1/2
Jeremy Bevard 7 3/8
Brian White 7 1/2
Rob Carter 7 3/8
Bob Hutton 7 1/4
Layton Pennington 7 3/8
John Wickett 22¾”

Dark Blue
Erik Simundson 7 1/4
Will “Huck” Green 22 ½”
Terry Sorchy 7 1/4
Dirk Behana 22¼”
Curt Schmidt 7 1/2
Brian Koenig 7 1/8
Joe Blunt 22½”
Ron Mueller 7 1/2
Ken Callaway 7 3/4
Eric Fair 7 1/2

The final cost, postage paid, will be $63. Money orders, personal checks or Paypal at PreservationParcels@hotmail.com gladly accepted. For checks or money orders, please send me a quick email at PreservationParcels@hotmail.com, and I'll send you my mailing address. Hats will be sent in the order of payment received.

25% of the proceeds from each hat ($15.75) will be given to preservation. Ft. Wayne will be the recipient unless otherwise specified. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Shepherdstown Ford have also been mentioned.

Thank you to all who have contributed to this discussion!

Kindest regards,

[KathyBradford]

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Mrs. Lawson endured heavy Ike winds that kept blowing out her fire, but she persevered to dye our wool. It's on its way here.

I've received payment from the men with an asterisk * next to their names, and I'm making hats in the order payment is received. The first run will be ready to send out as soon as the wool arrives. For anyone who would like to be included in that group, please email to PreservationParcels@hotmail.com for my address. If you'd rather send PayPal, my account is PreservationParcels@hotmail.com

Unless designated otherwise, all the preservation funds will be sent to Ft. Wayne. If I've missed any details about color preferences or size, please let me know.

Thank you so much!

Maroon
Steve Bucher 7 5/8
Chris Hawley 7 1/4
Rick Miculack 22¼”
Matt Prince 23½”
Jeremy Scott 24¼”
Josh Bucher 23½”
Denny Whiting
Russ Paul
Chris Meeker
Charles Traxler 7 3/8*
Robert Roeder 7 1/2 - 23¾” *
Will Eichler 7 1/2
Dave Prince 7 3/8 - 7 ½*
Jeremy Bevard 7 3/8*
Brian White 7 ½*
Rob Carter 7 3/8
Bob Hutton 7 3/8*
Layton Pennington 7 3/8*
John Wickett 22¾”
Dave Stutdard 7 ¼

Dark Blue
Erik Simundson 7 ¼*
Will “Huck” Green 22 ½”*
Terry Sorchy 7 1/4
Dirk Behana 22¼”
Curt Schmidt 7 ½*
Brian Koenig 7 1/8
Joe Blunt 22½”
Ron Mueller 7 ½*
Ken Callaway 7 ¾*
Eric Fair 7 ½*

[erik]

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What a courtious and nice way of confirming payment for such a large order.
I appreciate your professionalism and look forward to receiving this splendid hat.

Erik Simundson

[KathyBradford]

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Gentlemen,

While we wait for the post office to get the boxes, here are the first two. I'd like your opinion about how these stack up with the original pictures. What say ye?

[Abrams]

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They look Dyn-o-mite to me!

Its sounding like my pumpkin head may remain warm at Fort Negley this November. :)

[Beaner]

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Kathy,
These are outstanding. Thank you for all your work and research.
Dave Prince