Collection Details

Civil War Infantry Hat

Unidentified maker

Date: 1861-1865

Maker: Unidentified maker

Dimensions: 5 ½ H x 12 Diam.

Materials: Wool

Marks:

Signed inside hat: Maj B.S. de Forest

(Major Bartholomew Schemerhorn DeForest)

Credit: Gift of Anthea de Forest and DeForest Mellon, Jr., B.S. DeForest Civil War Collection

Accession Number: 2017.2.51

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