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What type hat is Grant wearing in this picture?


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If it is an Issue hat, it's most likely an 1858 Army hat, AKA the Hardy Hat.  Somewhat like a slouch, with a little wider flat-top crown.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=17&ved=2ahUKEwiix4Sj_KHjAhWNVs0KHc1iDZIQFjAQegQIABAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.si.edu%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10088%2F2429%2FSSHT-0030_Lo_res.pdf%3Fsequence%3D2&usg=AOvVaw2GsmWX7X72xsBMP-w53PL4

 

(Generally despised as hot, heavy and ugly.)

 

Here's a photo that is almost certainly Grant in a Hardy hat.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USGrant01.jpg

 

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Privately procurred slouch hats were very common all during the Civil War, though.

 

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widespread use of nonregulation slouch hats by officers and enlisted men alike

 

Grant seems to have had enough sense of style that he's got a slouch hat on.

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21 hours ago, Stopsign32v said:

I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the hat he’s wearing

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Defiantly a private purchase slouch hat not the military Hardy hat. Officers were not issued uniforms but had to purchase them so slouch hats were common.

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Here's one that is a pretty good match for Civil War era slouch hat (see first slouch hat on page)

 

https://www.ccsutlery.com/store/civil-war-kepi-caps.html

 

Another:

http://www.dirtybillyshats.com/US1.htm.html

 

Another (slide down to Officer Slouch hat):

https://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg16.htm

 

Now, all of those above are wool felt, which run $100 or less.  That type of hat will wear a year or two.  If you want one that serves for many years, you want at a goodlypercentage of beaver fur felt.

 

A NICE slouch hat in good beaver will be about $500.

 

As an example, see (their 20x quality):

https://thelastbestwest.com/shop/cowboy-hats/old-west-hats/the-officers-slouch-custom-handmade-beaver-fur-felt-cowboy-hat/

 

Good luck, GJ

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On ‎7‎/‎6‎/‎2019 at 10:36 PM, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said:

If it is an Issue hat, it's most likely an 1858 Army hat, AKA the Hardy Hat.  Somewhat like a slouch, with a little wider flat-top crown.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=17&ved=2ahUKEwiix4Sj_KHjAhWNVs0KHc1iDZIQFjAQegQIABAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.si.edu%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10088%2F2429%2FSSHT-0030_Lo_res.pdf%3Fsequence%3D2&usg=AOvVaw2GsmWX7X72xsBMP-w53PL4

 

(Generally despised as hot, heavy and ugly.)

 

Here's a photo that is almost certainly Grant in a Hardy hat.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USGrant01.jpg

 

image.png.7c80e2a6f869d797f67668aca4c2b050.png

 

Privately procurred slouch hats were very common all during the Civil War, though.

 

 

Grant seems to have had enough sense of style that he's got a slouch hat on.

Either it is too small for him or he has it up far enough so his face will show

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Garrison Joe, I have two wool felt slouch hats from River Junction one black the other brown.  I have been wearing them for the past 15 years and they look and feel just as good as they did when new.  Maybe I am lucky, but I have no complaints about the wool felt hats they sell.  You can also get the slouch hat from them in a beaver felt, last I checked they were about $200.  River Junction sells good quality merchandise at reasonable prices.  

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