VERY ATTRACTIVE CS BRASS BOUND IDENTIFIED CANTEEN

VERY ATTRACTIVE CS BRASS BOUND IDENTIFIED CANTEEN

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Wood drum canteens are about as iconically Confederate as you can get and this one is a cut-above in quality of construction, visual appeal, and identification by the soldier. This measures 6-3/4 x 2-3/4 inches, still retains its turned wood spout, and not only used brass bands and strap brackets rather than iron ones, but has beautifully grained faces and, even more strikingly, staves around the circumference that alternate light and dark in tone when viewed from the front or back, but show opposed wedges of light and dark color when viewed from the side. This is something of a masterpiece by an experienced cooper with an artistic eye.

The soldier carved his name boldly, and not unattractively, on one face: “J.F Fristoe” with the capital letters cross-hatched to create shading. There are some light scratches and abrasions below the name, and a few on the other side in the same spot, perhaps from handling or an effort to eliminate another set of initials or a unit identification, but we can’t make anything out and while visible, they do not detract much from the overall strong design and appearance. James F. Fristoe, sometimes listed “Fristo” seems to be James French Fristoe (1845-1905,) whose widow applied for a pension on the basis of his Confederate service. He seems to have enlisted twice: enlisting first as private 7/22/61 in the Rappahannock Rifles, for 12 months, which became part of the 49th VA. He was sick from 11/4/61, still sick at home in Rappahannock County into January-February 1862 but returned in time to reenlist for the war in April and was wounded 6/25/62. He is listed as being paid in September 1863, and no date of discharge is given, but a James F. Fristo enlisted in the newly formed 23rd VA Cavalry in Rappahannock in February 1864 and on April 19 was elected 3rd Lieutenant of Company, a rank apparently later modified to Junior 2nd Lieutenant in May. A December 1864 roll lists him simply as 2nd Lieutenant and states he was wounded July 1864. CWData says he was wounded twice while in the 23rd VA Cavalry- on or about 6/15/64 at Lynchburg and again on 8/16/64 at Front Royal. He appears to have taken up medicine after the war, died in 1905, and was buried in Bedford County, VA.

The 49th VA Infantry had a strong combat record, seeing action at First Manassas in 1861, Seven Pines on the Peninsula, and in the Seven Days, at the beginning of which Fristoe was wounded. When he rejoined the regiment is unclear, but they were at Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, and Gettysburg before he joined the cavalry, with whom he saw a good deal of action in the Shenandoah as part of Imboden’s brigade. (We do also find a “J. Fristoe,” with no middle initial given, who enlisted in the 146th Virginia regiment of militia at Front Royal, but this is likely James B. Fristoe (1839-1901,) who is buried at Front Royal.)

This offers a great combination of history and eye-appeal.  [sr][ph:L]

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