material as the cap itself, with a welt of the color of the 

 arm or service of the wearer stitched to the upper edge 

 (fig. 54). At the same time, the colored facing on the 

 collar and cuffs of the enlisted frock coat were similarly 

 replaced.^"' The reason for these changes is unknown, 

 but examination of a number of cap bands and uniform 



coats in the national collections reveals a wide range 

 of fading of colors, which would certainly have given 

 an unsightly appearance to troops on parade. One 

 small additional change: the 1851 cap band of the 

 engineer and ordnance troops, of the same blue cloth 

 as the cap body, carried a colored welt at the top and 



Figure 54.— Cap, 1854. 

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