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In the British Army, infantry forage caps were first regulated by the War Office in 1811 as a practical head dress that could be worn off duty, in barracks or in camp, in place of the cumbersome shakos and various forms of helmet comprising regimental headdress. Before this date, forage caps were worn as ordered regimentally.
The forage cap became the most common form of cap worn by U.S. regulars and volunteers during the American Civil War, though it is most commonly associated with the eastern theater of the war, since western troops generally preferred broad-brimmed felt hats (see photos of Sherman's army parading through Washington D.C. at war's end).
The Blue Caps – The Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] [3] (Originally the 1st Madras Fusiliers, part of the British East India Company's Madras Presidency Army, who wore light blue covers to their forage caps on campaign during the Indian Mutiny and were known as 'Neill's Blue Caps,' after their commanding officer).
An excellent photograph showing the Union Army white Diamond shaped III Corps Badges on the forage caps. Corps badges in the American Civil War were originally worn by soldiers of the Union Army on the top of their army forage cap , left side of the hat, or over their left breast.
Soldiers are depicted wearing campaign dress of grey shirts and white covered forage caps. The regiment was deployed to Afghanistan in 1838 and saw action at the Battle of Ghazni in July 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War. [2]
It is worn with either a beret or a stiff forage cap for some officers. [71] The pants worn with it are a darker shade of green with a black stripe down the outseam. [70] The uniforms also features a black tie, black socks and shoes, and a white shirt. The tie was changed in 2000, from a woolen tie, to a standard tie. [42]
Headgear: A forage cap with a floppy crown. Officers tended to privately purchase more elaborate versions after the French Army model subsequently known as chasseur caps. Generals wore a variant having a black velvet band. Insignia was pinned on top of the crown or -in officers- in front of the cap.
1811: Battle of Barossa, Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, and Battle of Zujar. ... The Regiment has the right to wear the colours of the Croix on its forage cap.