I am trying to put together leathers for my uniform. I am trying to find out if the cartridge box for a carbine would have the lead filled US plate mounted on it like the early musket cartridge box does. And does it get a breast plate al;so
Plate or no plate
I am trying to put together leathers for my uniform. I am trying to find out if the cartridge box for a carbine would have the lead filled US plate mounted on it like the early musket cartridge box does. And does it get a breast plate al;so
Ok.
No, Chances are that the actual soldiers wouldn't have been issued a lead filled box plate for a Carbine box. I haven't seen any pics to the contrary.
No sling should be used with a carbine box (unless otherwise documented) as they were ment to be hung from the cavalrymans belt, along with their other trappings.
Tyler Gibson
The Independent Rifles
"Lil' Sherms Maruders", Part of Uncle Billys Goats at Bummers!
Cavalry boxes
PPGs 204-205 EOG: US shows 7 Federal Carbine Boxes, one of them mounted on a saber belt. Of the 7, only one is mounted with a box plate. Was this added by a soldier during the war? May be. Is it a postwar addition? Perhaps. But it would indicate, that only one in 7 examples shown bear a plate, that it would not be that common. IMHO I would go sans plate. Also, the previous statement about a breast plate is accurate.
Bobby Hughes
Co A, 2nd Battalion Ga Sharpshooters/64th Illinois Vol Infantry "Yates' Sharpshooters"
Savannah Republican Blues
Co C, 3rd US Infantry
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum & William Scarbrough House, Savannah, GA
"I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy." - James Longstreet at a Memorial Day Parade in 1902.
Thank you both for the input. It is a great help
Tom
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