Figure i 42 



the brass square, it would ha\'e been worn as an 

 officer's chapeau ornament or as a side ornament on 

 the round leather draa;oon cap of the period. The 

 four arrows in the eagle's left talon are unusual. 



CHAPEAU COCKADE, GENERAL OFFICER, C. 1840 



USNM 604962-M (_S-K 1106) . Figure 146 . 



This large, round chapeau cockade with its gold 

 embroidery and sequins on black-ribbed silk and its 

 ring of 24 silver-metal stars appears to be identical 



Figure 143 



to cockades that have been shown as being worn 

 around 1839 by Gen. Edmund P. Gaines and Gen. 

 Winfield Scott "^ but without the added center 

 eagle. Close examination of this cockade shows it 

 to be complete, with no traces of a center eagle ever 

 having been added. The 24 stars would have been 

 appropriate at any time between 1821 and 1836. 



CAP AND CAP PLATE, JACKSON ARTILLERISTS, C. 1836 



USNM 604780 QS-K 925). Figure 147. 



The Jackson Artillerists of Philadelphia, after the 

 appearance of the regular dragoon cap plate in 1833 

 and the large crossed cannon of the regular artillery 

 one year later, lost no time in combining these two 

 devices to make their distinctive cap device. ''" It 

 seems probable, however, that the plate was adopted 

 by other artillery units and eventually became more 

 or less of a stock pattern. 



CAP PLATE, WASHINGTON GRAYS ( "? ) , C. 1836 



USNM 604608-M (^S-K 755). Figure 148. 



The Washington Grays of Philadelphia wore a 

 diamond-shaped plate with a likeness of George 



"'' U..'>. Military .Magazine (May 1841'), unnumbei-ed plate; 

 (March 1841), unnumbered plate. 



"■ Illustrated in U.,S. Military Magazine (January 1840), 

 pi. 26. 



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