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I thought this was a good hat story, must have been one heck of a hat. Were they laughing at him or with him?:tounge_sm
July 1895 "Confederate Veteran"
Letters from Veterans
Jack Dawkins, Collinsville, Texas
I belonged to Company A, Ninth Regiment, Hays' Louisiana Brigade, of which the Louisiana Tigers was a part, and was very conspicuous on account of a hat I wore. It was made in Georgia, very heavy, and when it got wet I allowed it to run up to seed, making it the shape of a sugar loaf, very sharp and tall. The boys used to holloa out,"Younder comes Petersburg; I see the steeple." "Come down out of that hat; I know you are in there, see your legs sticking out." "Hello, hat! where are you going with that boy?"
July 1895 "Confederate Veteran"
Letters from Veterans
Jack Dawkins, Collinsville, Texas
I belonged to Company A, Ninth Regiment, Hays' Louisiana Brigade, of which the Louisiana Tigers was a part, and was very conspicuous on account of a hat I wore. It was made in Georgia, very heavy, and when it got wet I allowed it to run up to seed, making it the shape of a sugar loaf, very sharp and tall. The boys used to holloa out,"Younder comes Petersburg; I see the steeple." "Come down out of that hat; I know you are in there, see your legs sticking out." "Hello, hat! where are you going with that boy?"
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