CONFEDERATE CEDAR DRUM CANTEEN IDENTIFIED TO ALABAMA SOLDIER

CONFEDERATE CEDAR DRUM CANTEEN IDENTIFIED TO ALABAMA SOLDIER

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This is a classic Confederate wood "Drum" canteen; known as such due to its shape. This piece measures 7" in diameter by 2.25" thick with a leather strap and snap hook that extends 11" from the canteen.

Construction is typical except that the bands used to hold the canteen together are thin strips of brass instead of iron or tin. The three strap brackets are made of tin. A large piece of cork was fashioned into a stopper. The wood displays wonderful color and age patina. There is a 2" long sliver missing at the bottom on one side of the canteen. At the top of that same side is a nicely carved soldier's name, "Sgt (very very faint) S. Nichols / Perry Co. / Ala."

The leather strap around the canteen is constructed from a thin two-ply waist belt with the two layers sewn together along the outside edges. The belt runs through the three strap brackets around the canteen as is usual and was then joined and sewn together with an iron snap hook at top. This shorter configuration was typically to be suspended from a saddle. The condition of the leather strap is generally good with a few areas where stitching has split allowing separation of the two layers.  The exterior layer remains in fine condition while the under layer has several cracks and breaks.

S. Nichols of Perry County, Alabama has proven somewhat difficult to find and we have not been able to correlate the proposed identity of the soldier to our satisfaction. Some believe the identity of the soldier puts him in the 2nd Alabama Light Artillery, but this remains inconclusive. Still a great example of a well-used Confederate canteen.

This piece comes directly from the Texas Civil War Museum collection.  [jet/cla][ph:L]

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