Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a small size, 6 ⅝ regulation M1895 enlisted forage cap. This was the U.S. Army's first transition to a visor cap after leaving the traditional kepi design. Made of dark blue wool with enameled leather visor bound with patent leather, and a tarred leather chinstrap which is partially broken. Hat retains the original russet brown leather sweatband which is still solid but does have some loose stitching. Inside the crown is lined with brown cotton and does not have any markings visible. There are gold gilt regulation Massachusetts buttons to the sides with the 6th Infantry Regiment, Company C crossed rifles affixed to the front.
The 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was reconstituted in early 1898 as a unit of volunteers to fight in the Spanish–American War, under the command of Colonel Edmund Rice. The unit should not be confused with the 6th Infantry Regiment of Regulars, which also fought in the war, though in the Philippines and Cuba.
6th Massachusetts deployed to Puerto Rico, landed at Guanica and worked its way east and inland to Ponce and Arecibo. In October of that year, it returned to Massachusetts and was disbanded. The unit's experience in the Spanish–American War was recorded by Lance-Corporal George King of the regiment's Concord Company in his letters home, which he later published in 1929.
Cap is in overall good condition, and comes ready to display in your Spanish American War collections!
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