CHAPEAU SUDISTE AUTHENTIQUE ET ASPECT AUTHENTIQUE

Voici quelques photos de chapeaux pour vous permettre de reproduire du "BON" et non du
"FATASMAGORIQUE"

Vous constaterez qu'ors pour les officiers, les chapeaux sont relativement démunis de toutes fioritures:

Confederate felt Beehive style hat found on the Gettysburg battlefield

THE RAREST CONFEDERATE SLOUCH HAT
Henry Goodnight, Company A, Terrell’s Texas Rangers,

Confederate Slouch Hat . Augusta History Museum

regarder la façon de coudre les bords du feutre après les avoir rabattu:

This style of hat is called "slouch" or "beehive," and was common in all theaters of the war

SLOUCH HAT.
Civilian and very popular with Partisan Rangers. Comfortable and provided protection from rain, etc. Bill Anderson wore a slouch hat almost identical to this one.

SERGEANT ZACHARIA HARPER Compagny D, 27Th North Carolina Infantry

un chapeau de cavalier, unité non identifiée

Les chapeaux d'officiers sont un peu plus sophistiquées :

Chapeau d'origine inconnue

"Slouch hat of Thomas Penn, 19th Virginia Cavalry ..."
Museum of the Confederacy



Though the kepi was called for in the uniform regulations, many soldiers preferred a soft, brimmed hat generically known as a slouch. It proved more comfortable to wear and was much better at keeping the sun out of your eyes and the rain off your neck.

Chapeau du Colonel Simeon Buford Gibbons, 10th Virginia Infantry