Cap & Cartridge Boxes

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VERY NICE US MAKER MARKED & INSPECTED PATTERN 1864 CARTRIDGE BOX WITH REPRODUCTION SLING

VERY NICE US MAKER MARKED & INSPECTED PATTERN 1864 CARTRIDGE BOX WITH REPRODUCTION SLING

Cartridge box is the Pattern of July 1864, Type 2 for .58 elongated ball cartridges. The leather on the box is excellent showing only minor surface wear. The exterior flap has a strongly embossed… (1205-07). Learn More »

US CIVIL WAR LEATHER PERCUSSION CAP BOX MARKED “PHILADELPHIA HOME GUARD”

US CIVIL WAR LEATHER PERCUSSION CAP BOX MARKED “PHILADELPHIA HOME GUARD”

Box is in good used condition. Outer flap is shield shaped with latch tab sewn to the underside of the flap. Leather surface shows some moderate wear from use, storage, and age. Tab is solid. Clearly… (490-5566). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE PERCUSSION CAP POUCH

CONFEDERATE PERCUSSION CAP POUCH

This is a nice example of a Confederate-made percussion cap pouch. In good condition, this pouch looks much like its northern counterpart. The whole pouch is constructed of leather which has been… (1000-683). Learn More »

$715.00
Originally $895.00

CONFEDERATE MACON ARSENAL PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX

CONFEDERATE MACON ARSENAL PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX

Box is rectangular in shape. It meas. approx. 4 5/16 long x 2.75 inches high x 1.00 inch wide. Outer flap is in good condition. The face of the flap is very nice but the top has heavy crazing and some… (1000-682). Learn More »

$2,800.00
Originally $3,500.00

US MODEL 1839 PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX WITH TIN INSERT

US MODEL 1839 PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX WITH TIN INSERT

The leather on this box is in good condition. The outer flap shows scattered moderate surface crazing with a small Pattern 1839 oval US plate attached at center. The latch tab is sewn to the underside… (490-3649). Learn More »

MAKER MARKED PATTERN 1839 RIFLEMAN’S CARTRIDGE BOX WITH SIGNS OF ALTERATION

MAKER MARKED PATTERN 1839 RIFLEMAN’S CARTRIDGE BOX WITH SIGNS OF ALTERATION

The pattern 1839 rifleman’s cartridge box was meant to be suspended from the waistbelt and was produced with vertical loops only on the reverse. This box shows signs of having been altered to use… (490-5224). Learn More »

1840’S MILITIA CARTRIDGE BOX

1840’S MILITIA CARTRIDGE BOX

Leather box in very nice condition still contains its tin tubular insert. Exterior leather flap is in nice smooth pliable condition. It is decorated with three parallel tooled lines going diagonally… (2023-281). Learn More »

CLASSIC CONFEDERATE INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX IN VERY GOOD CONDITION - WITH INITIALS "WVT"

CLASSIC CONFEDERATE INFANTRY CARTRIDGE BOX IN VERY GOOD CONDITION - WITH INITIALS "WVT"

They don’t get much more “Johnny Reb” than this cartridge box, which has the additional allure of a set of soldier’s initials, “W V T” lightly, but very legibly, carved into the outer… (766-1821). Learn More »

MINTY .54 CALIBER RIFLE CARTRIDGE BOX FROM ALLEGHENY ARSENAL

MINTY .54 CALIBER RIFLE CARTRIDGE BOX FROM ALLEGHENY ARSENAL

This leather cartridge box is in exceptional condition. The outer flap is clean and smooth with only the finest of crazing in the finish, mostly in the area of the top “hinge” area. Closing tab is… (490-3650). Learn More »

MANN’S PATTERN CARTRIDGE BOX BY C.S. STORMS

MANN’S PATTERN CARTRIDGE BOX BY C.S. STORMS

This medium-size cartridge box mimics the shape of the Mann’s patent box, but without all the associated straps. Made to hold unknown cartridges, but very likely for Sharps or some other… (490-3651). Learn More »

EARLY PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX 1830s-1840s

EARLY PISTOL CARTRIDGE BOX 1830s-1840s

This is a nice example of an American militia cartridge box of the first half of the 19th century. Made of black leather, the flap was painted, likely to give it an easy to maintain shiny surface. The… (490-2793). Learn More »

EXPERIMENTAL CARTRIDGE BOX FOR 56-50 SPENCER AMMUNITION

EXPERIMENTAL CARTRIDGE BOX FOR 56-50 SPENCER AMMUNITION

Black bridle leather cartridge box that looks very much like a US Civil War issue cavalry carbine box. The shape of the body and the flap appear to be the same. It has both roller buckles and the… (490-2796). Learn More »

MAKER MARKED US MODEL 1841 RIFLEMAN’S CARTRIDGE BOX

MAKER MARKED US MODEL 1841 RIFLEMAN’S CARTRIDGE BOX

The leather on this box is in fair condition and has been treated with a leather preservative that has left behind a sticky residue. The outer flap has a good bit of surface finish loss and is… (490-2795). Learn More »

US INDIAN WAR PERIOD FUSE OR FLARE BOX

US INDIAN WAR PERIOD FUSE OR FLARE BOX

This black saddle leather box began life as a Hagner Number 2 type cartridge box. The inside was altered by adding a wooden box Overall, the leather is in excellent condition. The exterior flap has a… (490-2800). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED GROUPING OF ARTIFACTS BELONGING TO PRIVATE JABEZ B. OLES 144th NY INFANTRY AND 1st NY ENGINEERS

IDENTIFIED GROUPING OF ARTIFACTS BELONGING TO PRIVATE JABEZ B. OLES 144th NY INFANTRY AND 1st NY ENGINEERS

This grouping comes from a respected central New York collection with an identification that is verbal, but trustworthy and includes the soldier’s regulation issue canteen with his initials… (480-178). Learn More »

$2,025.00
Originally $2,250.00

MASSACHUSETTS IMPORTED BRITISH “BALL BAG”

MASSACHUSETTS IMPORTED BRITISH “BALL BAG”

This is a scarce Civil War cartridge pouch that was used by the State of Massachusetts during the Civil War and occasionally seen in images of Massachusetts Infantrymen. This pouch is of English… (490-1685). Learn More »

$600.00
Originally $750.00

TIN FOR THE 1841 RIFLEMEN’S CARTRIDGE BOX

TIN FOR THE 1841 RIFLEMEN’S CARTRIDGE BOX

Hollow tin rectangle meas. approx. 5 7/8 long x 1.0 wide x 3 11/16 tall with a folded over top edge. Center is free of any dividers. Written in black marker on one side is “M1841 RIFLE” over… (490-2833). Learn More »

NICE CONDITION LEATHER US CAP BOX WITH FAINT MAKER’S MARK

NICE CONDITION LEATHER US CAP BOX WITH FAINT MAKER’S MARK

The leather on the outer flap is supple and in good condition. The latch tab is solid and shows only slight wear. The inner flap has both ears and a worn maker’s mark obscured by crazing. Interior… (M18538). Learn More »

ORIGINAL CARTRIDGE BOX THONGS

4.25" long with a tapered cut. Used to hold brass cartridge box plates in place. (M12603). Learn More »


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LAP WRITING DESK – PRESENTED TO GENERAL BUTLER, 1864 (EX-TEXAS MUSEUM COLLECTION)

Perhaps no popular figure of the Civil War is as controversial or contradictory as General Benjamin F. Butler.  One of the political generals to survive well into General Grant’s tenure as overall commander, he was as reviled as he was beloved… (1268-1014). Learn More »

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