Cavalry Stetsons

[Jeremiah Jones]

My Google-fu is weak.  Can someone enlighten me on:
1. When the Cavalry started wearing Stetsons?
2. When they standardized on the colors of the hat cords? i.e Now Field Grade and Company Grade Officers wear: Gold and Black

I'm looking for correct headgear for a Cavalry LTC around 1890.

Thanks and Scouts Out.

[St. George]

Vietnam.

Prior to that, Stetson was merely one of the manufacturers of the WWI-era and Pre-WWII  'Campaign Hat'.

For that time frame, you need a tan Campaign Hat with a fore-to-aft crease - the 'Montana Peak' came well after that.

Branch colors hat cords came to be around 1910, with the new uniforms.

Scouts Out!

[Drydock]

https://www.riverjunction.com/Wadell-Hat-Campaign-hat--Wool_p_109.html

Get the 1883 cavalry with the star vent.  Cords were rarely worn, almost never in the field.  A LTC would wear a straight gold cord with gold acorns, but only in garrison, and rare even then.

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[Drydock]

In the Barracks right now we have a picture posted of men in the Phillipines around 1900, colorized, wearing these hats.

[Jeremiah Jones]

Thanks for the great information.

Scouts Out.