RARE CIVIL WAR UNION INFANTRY OFFICER KEPI HAT CAP W/INFANTRY BUTTONS. A RARE FIND!!! IT IS IN MINT OVERALL SHAPE AND CONDITION WITH A BEAUTIFUL OVERALL PATINA. HAS A GREAT LOOK TO IT WITH AN EXCELLENT OVERALL EYE APPEAL.. THIS KEPI IS COMPLETE WITH SIDE INFANTRY BUTTONS, LEATHER CHIN STRAP AND LEATHER SWEATBAND FIRMLY ATTACHED. The infantry in the American Civil War comprised foot-soldiers who fought primarily with small arms, and carried the brunt of the fighting on battlefields across the United States. Historians have long debated whether the evolution of tactics between 1861 and 1865 mark... |