1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of Infantry red, black, 

 and white respectively. No authenticated specimen of 

 this hat is known. Although the infantry dropped the 

 chapeaux for the enlisted men by 1805 and for com- 

 pany grade officers by 1812, the foot artillery, officers 

 and enlisted men, continued to wear them until 1812 

 and perhaps a little later. They were described as: 

 "Hats, cocked or chapeaux de bras; black leather cock- 

 ade with points 4 inches in diameter; a yellow button 

 and eagle in the center; the button in uniform with 

 the coat button, a white plume to project 6 inches 

 above the hat." ' The actual cut-off date is unknown. 

 However, no contracts were let for this design after 

 1812.^ 



The uniform regulations issued 30 March 1800 de- 

 scribed the headgear of a general staff officer as "a full 

 cocked hat, with a yellow button, gold loop, and a black 

 cockade, with a gold eagle in the center" and with a 

 plume, the color of which depended on rank and as- 



signment. No dimensions are given. The same regula- 

 tions prescribed for infantry officers: "Hats, full cocked, 

 with narrow black binding, fan or hind part eight 

 inches broad — sides and corners six inches broad; 

 Black Cockade of four inches diameter having a white 

 eagle in the center, the cockade to rise an inch above 

 the brim — loop and button black." ' 



No documented specimen conforming exactly to 

 these specifications is known. That hat worn by Peter 

 Gansevoort when brigadier general U.S.A. from 1809 

 to 1812, however, may be taken as typical of the period 

 ( figs. 4-5 ) ." Made of heavy black beaver, the cock, or 

 front, is 734 inches high and the fan, or rear, is 8/2 

 inches; the corners, or distances from the sweatband to 

 the points of the hat as seen, measure 4 inches; the whole 

 is 16^ inches point to point in a straight line. The 

 edges arc bound with black silk riblxin 1 % inches 

 wide, T/g of an inch showing to the outside, with an 

 in-woven geometric pattern. Two diagonal stripes of 



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Figure 4.— Gansevoort Chapeau, ca. 1809-1812. 



