CARBINE CARTRIDGE BOX FROM GETTYSBURG'S SHIELDS MUSEUM

CARBINE CARTRIDGE BOX FROM GETTYSBURG'S SHIELDS MUSEUM

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Item Code: 2025-2023

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This incomplete relic condition carbine cartridge box is an original example of the classic leather accoutrement carried by Federal mounted forces during the Civil War. We believe this is the pattern designed specifically for the Sharps carbine. A wooden block inside, now missing, was 7 1/2 inches long by 1 1/2 inches wide and 2 inches high bored for 20 cartridges.  This specimen is constructed of strong, black bridle leather. When closed, the large leather outer flap and smaller inner flap protect the ammunition. Marked on bottom of front flap in oval cartouche is, "F. A. Sniffen / U. S / Ord. Dept / Sub Inspector" (partially visible). There are 2 belt loops on the back to facilitate attachment to a belt.

The Shields' Museum was on the Gettysburg battlefield, along Chambersburg Pike, near the Buford and Reynolds monuments across from the McPherson barn. Mr. Arthur Shields was a collector of Gettysburg Civil War relics and memorabilia. He opened his museum in Gettysburg in 1925, and the museum featured many items recovered by Mr. Shields and others from the Battle of Gettysburg. The contents of the museum were sold in November 1985 and most of the items are now in private collections. This box that saw better days was, nonetheless, at Gettysburg.    [pe][ph:L]

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