What is a forage cap?

Cap fodder is a type of head that is mainly used by military staff. During the beginning of the 18th century, some of the military cap styles began to wear CAPs in the field, because the soldiers would use hats to hold food and stores found in search of search. Over time, the term fodder Cap was used to refer to the military head, which is used for situations that do not require formal or dress, a uniform hat.

The term Cap Cap can also refer to the specific style of uniform hats worn by the armies of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America in the period before and after the US Civil War in 1861-1865. The fodder cap used during the American Civil War was often referred to as kepi , a hat of French origin, which consists of a hardened circular peak and straight structured parties. The French developed Kepi at the beginning of the 18th century as a replacement for militure hat known jako Shako .

Like Kepi, Shako is a visorized hat with a stiff circular peak and structured sides. However, the jack is a high hat and is not very suitable for field use or fatigue. Kepi ​​included a cylindrical design and a Shako structure, but reduced the height, making it a more practical design. Given that France was one of the dominant military forces of this era, the French uniform design influenced the military uniforms of other nations, including the United States adopted by Kepi.

Although it was commonly referred to as Kepi, the forage of the American Civil War has indeed developed independently from Kepi. Like Kepi, the fodder cap was an attempt by the United States army to make Shako more practical and more suitable for situations that did not require a formal hat. Caps forage retained the sight and stiff perimeter of the upper part of Shako, but did not have a stiffened vertical structure. Without a structure afterThe signs seemed that the upper part of the forage cap often fell and forward and was often referred to as a cap or a bummer cap.

Although it is usually not considered a smart look like Kepi, the forage cap often considered more comfortable and provided more protection from elements than Kepi. Both sides in the conflict used both fodder caps and kepis, although fodder caps were mostly worn by trade unions, while the army of the confederation had mainly KEPI variations.