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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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