Mens hairstyles in the 1800s?

i need to know how men in the 1800s wore their hair,but i cant find anything... links would be much appreciated :) thanx in advance :)Mens hairstyles in the 1800s?
HAIRSTYLES


HAIRSTYLES throughout U.S. history have reflected political, social, and cultural trends as well as personal taste in grooming.





The Puritans, who were among the first European settlers in the United States, cut their hair in a way that expressed their staunch Christian beliefs and antimonarchist politics. In their native England, Puritan men were known as ';Roundheads'; because they cut their hair short in contrast to their monarchist enemies, the Cavaliers, who sported the courtly style of long, flowing locks. As the Puritans secured their base of power in seventeenth-century colonial Massachusetts, they passed such laws as the one in 1634 that banned long hair if it was ';uncomely'; or harmed ';the common good.';





As the colonies grew and were settled by other Europeans, the Puritan hair ethic was replaced by a hair aesthetic that to date is unique in American history. Early eighteenth-century hairstyles, rooted in European royal fashions, were distinctive for their extravagant use of wigs, hair extensions, curling, crimping, and powdering for both men and women. The 1700s was the only period in U.S. history when it was socially acceptable for men to wear long hair and wigs. Even military men styled their hair long, tied back into a pigtail, and powdered it white or gray. In the decades just prior to the Revolution, American women of the upper class mirrored the high hairstyles of their European counterparts and used cushions, pads, wigs, and wires to have their hairstyles reach new heights. Patriotic fervor felled these towers of hair, which had become synonymous with the English royalty, and women's hairstyles became more modest. By the end of the eighteenth century, men were also opting for simpler hairstyles and were abandoning their wigs, powder, and pigtails.











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In the nineteenth century, more elaborate hairstyles gradually returned for women. Chignons, curls, and braids all had their moment of style, and women often used wigs or hair extensions to achieve their coifs. Between 1859 and 1860, __BODY__ million worth of hair was imported into the United States for wig making. By the end of the century, women's hair reached another high note when hair extensions were commonly used for a top-knotted style that later became known as ';the Gibson girl.';





In the early 1800s, two hairstyle controversies involved men. The first occurred in 1803 when Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Butler was court-martialed for favoring the longer style of the previous century and thereby disobeying General James Wilkinson's 1801 decree that military men's hair be cropped. The second occurred in 1830, when James Palmer, who wore a beard, moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Since the colonial era, beards were uncommon on men, and Palmer's beard so outraged the townspeople of Fitchburg that he was physically assaulted, refused communion in church, and eventually jailed.





Palmer was, evidently, slightly ahead of his time in the United States. At about the same time as his arrest in Massachusetts, European Romantic writers were growing beards as a sign of the Romantic movement's revolutionary character and its deep tie to nature. The American Romantic poet Walt Whitman, like his European counterparts, wore a full beard. By mid-century, however, beards became such commonplace fashion that in 1853 the War Department officially issued regulations about how military men could wear beards. Civil War general Ambrose Burnside popularized the style of side-whiskers that became known by the corrupted version of his last name, sideburns. As the 1800s drew to a close, so did the fashion of facial hairstyles for men.