cutdown/ altered Slouch hats

[lawson]

All,
I seem to remember dorking around here before the great crash of '06, and taking in a thread about altered slouch hats. It consisted of several good accounts of doing so, and several photos of soldiers with slouches cut to look like Kepis and Caps. But alas, I believe the info has been lost in the crash!
So, I'm looking for any accounts, references, photos, letters, or original hats that have been altered in such a way as to look like caps. I'm sure the disscussion was centered around the AoT, but I could be mistaken. Western accounts would be great. I have just come up empty handed too many times, so hope yall can help a bruder out.

Thanks....

YOS,

[GreencoatCross]

Re: cutdown/ altered Slouch hats

William,

I just ran across a photo on the LOC that shows a young servant among Federal officers wearing an altered Army hat that had a folded crown and a brim cut down to look like a cap visor. It might take a while to locate, but when I find it I'll post a link.

There was also a CDV of a Confederate prisoner at Camp Douglas on eBay about three years ago that wore a similarly altered hat. His appeared to be a short pillbox style crown but the brim was cut off complete except for in the front.

Brian White
Wambaugh, White, & Co.

https://www.wwandcompany.com

[GreencoatCross]

Re: cutdown/ altered Slouch hats

William,

Found it! Here are the particulars:

TITLE: Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Capt. J.B. Howard, Office of Assistant Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac

CALL NUMBER: LC-B817- 7549[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpb-04040 (digital file from original neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 June.

CREATOR: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer.

NOTES:

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books.

Title from Civil War caption books.

Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. Howard and group. Office of Assistaant Quartermaster, army of Potomac. Fairfax Court House, June 1863 Gettysburg Campaign.

Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).

SUBJECTS: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

FORMAT: Glass negatives 1860-1870.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) cwpb 04040 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.04040

CARD #: cwp2003006415/PP

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/...040:@@@mdb=cwp

Brian White
Wambaugh, White, & Co.
http://www.wwandcompany.com

[lawson]

Re: cutdown/ altered Slouch hats

Mr White,
I realy appreciate that man. Exactly one of the images I was looking for. I did come across another just yesterday of some AoT cats with the same thing done. I'll try to post later.