PREWAR MILITIA CANTEEN WITH CIVIL WAR INSCRIPTION- WEST VIRGINIA

PREWAR MILITIA CANTEEN WITH CIVIL WAR INSCRIPTION- WEST VIRGINIA

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This is a circa 1820 oval tin (tinned iron) militia canteen with a Civil War scratched identification indicating use, or more likely capture, by a West Virginia soldier. This is made of two convex faces soldered to a flat band around the perimeter that is fitted with three brackets for a strap and a short, tin spout, and measures 7-1/3” X 5-1/4” X 1 5/8”.   The brackets and spout are in place, though the latter bends to one side slightly. The rim is good The faces show broad, shallow dents. Remnants of the original green paint are very clear on the side band and in the indentations of the face, mixed with some gray tin. The raised ridges of the indentations lost their paint and tin and oxidized to brown, but we just one small hole. The spout has remnants of a stopper and a modern wire used to hang it up.

Scratched into the lower side of one face in block letters is “[?]RU(M/S)ER Co D. / [1?]7th REG WV.” The third character in the name appears to be a superimposed M and S, suggesting the name Rumser, but it looks like there might be a “B” at the beginning of the name slightly disguised by surface rust. While the inscription appears certainly real, we have not come up with an iron-clad identification for Rumser, Brumser, or something similar that matches up with a Company D in a West Virginia unit. (We found a “Brumser,” for instance in a USCT unit and a “Ramser” in an Ohio outfit, which for a time was tempting since Co. D of the 7th WV Infantry recruited in Ohio, but we have no indication of any service by him in a West Virginia unit.

Some further research might solve the puzzle. For the moment, we can say the inscription seems dead real and given that the canteen is a prewar militia pattern unlikely to have been carried into US service, chances are that it was a captured item. [sr] [ph:L]

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