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During the American Civil War many soldier wore kepis.
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American armed conflit which troops on both sides wore flat caps called kepis? What was the americn conflict in which both sides ware flat caps called kepis? American armed conflict in wich troops on both sides wore flat caps called kepis?
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The kepi is a cap with a flat circular top and a visor (American English) ... various lightweight cane-framed cloth undress caps called casquette d'Afrique. ...
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wapedia.mobi/en/Kepi
wapedia.mobi/en/Kepi
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with a flat circular top and a visor ... . Its predecessor originally appeared during the 1830s, in the course of the initial stages of the occupation of Algeria, as a series of various lightweight cane-framed cloth undress caps called casquette d'Afrique ... , whose members are sometimes called Képis blancs (white kepis),
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Kepi
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Kepi
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Although both caps are an effort to do the same thing, make a lighter and more serviceable piece of headgear without the need for stiffening, the dress/work cap of our US army before the civil war was called a shako, ... A kepi consisted of a stiff band of paste board (no reeds or welts); a lacquered, stiff, flat,
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www.dirtybillyshats.com/federal_kepis.htm
www.dirtybillyshats.com/federal_kepis.htm
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Confederate soldiers were often ragged. Soap was unavailable. Caps with "weird flat tops and small brims" were worn by Confederate soldiers. They were called kepis.
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We see more boys wearing the Napoleonic/Mexican war caps than the kepis. We are not entirely sure why ... Some kepis were done with much higher bodies than the standard kepi. This left the flat topat a greater angle than the sandard kepi. These elongated kepis were not commonly worn by boys, but we have seen a few examples.
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histclo.com/Country/us/gar/head/style/cap/mil/kepi.html
histclo.com/Country/us/gar/head/style/cap/mil/kepi.html
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The original 1858 forage cap had a narrow leather visor and a high crown with a round, usually perfectly flat, ... Confederate regulations called for the color of a kepi to match the wearer's branch of service; ... Union soldiers modified it or discarded it for headgear more to their liking, usually choosing kepis or forage caps.
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