[APG Public List] Help identifying type of hat

[Ray Beere Johnson II]

     I'm almost sure the term would be either 'macaroni' or derived from it, although the usage in the American Colonies probably varied from British usage. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_%28fashion%29> At least, Americans were proud of being "Yankee Doodles" who stuck feathers in their hats and "called it macaroni".
     I don't have time to research my guess, but I wonder, in fact, if that is exactly what this term is referring to in this case. Did soldiers deliberately stick feathers in their hats in reference to the song? Was this a deliberate counter-mockery popular among soldiers? I don't have a citation, but from anything I can recall of contemporary reaction, I suspect they may have.
                               Ray Beere Johnson II

--- On Wed, 8/25/10, JG Russell <family at jgrussell.com> wrote:

> I'm researching a Revolutionary War soldier from what is now West 
> Virginia who, according to a witness to his 1781 wedding, wore a 
> particular type of hat "such as soldiers wore" at the time. I can't for 
> the life of me figure out the word that's used in the document to
> indicate the type of hat. Looking at other words written by the J.P. 
> who wrote the document, it sure looks like Mcarnona or Mcarnova (the 
> soldier's name was McCune and the Mc looks the same).
> 
> I've taken a snippet of the report and put it online:
> 
>     <http://www.jgr2.com/hat.jpg>
> 
> If anyone can help identify the type of hat being referred to, I'd sure 
> appreciate it.