U.S. REGULATION PERCUSSION CAP POUCH MARKED H.G. HAEDRICH, PHILADELPHIA

U.S. REGULATION PERCUSSION CAP POUCH MARKED H.G. HAEDRICH, PHILADELPHIA

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Offered here is a regulation U.S. percussion cap pouch of the pattern carried by Federal infantry through the Civil War, bearing the stamp of contractor H.G. Haedrich of Philadelphia on the lower edge of the inner flap. Every soldier armed with a percussion muzzleloader carried one of these small pouches on his waist belt, the caps emptied into it from the paper twists packed with each bundle of ten cartridges.

The pouch is of black bridle leather in the standard construction, the body cut so as to form a stiff inner compartment, with a one-piece outer flap narrowing toward the bottom to form an integral latch tab that fastens over a pointed brass finial. The inner flap with its two sewn side protectors is present and closes over the compartment in the usual manner. The reverse retains both vertical belt loops, sewn along their length and secured at the lower ends by copper rivets, these now carrying an even green verdigris. Approximately 3 3/8 inches wide by 3 inches high, with a body depth of roughly 1 1/8 inches.

Henry G. Haedrich worked as a harness maker and saddler in Philadelphia before the war and turned to government contracting once hostilities began, supplying infantry accoutrements in substantial quantity — figures on the order of 23,000 sets in 1863, 20,000 in 1864 and 11,000 in 1865 are recorded, with deliveries made to the Frankford Arsenal. The cap pouch pattern was essentially unchanged from 1861 through the close of the war, so a Haedrich-marked example of this form is best dated to the span of his contracts rather than to any single year. Marked examples are frequently encountered with the initials partly lost to crazing of the finish, as here, and are sometimes catalogued under an incorrect first initial as a result.

Solid, complete and entirely honest. The leather is sound throughout with stitching intact all around. The outer flap shows overall crazing and fine cracking of the finish consistent with age and field service, with scattered scuffing and small areas of surface loss, including a small abraded spot toward the right side of the flap. The latch tab is intact and the brass finial secure. Belt loops are firm and the rivets tight. The maker's stamp on the inner flap is legible, though the first initial is obscured by crazing. The fleece lining that once filled the interior is no longer present, a very common loss on surviving examples. No sub-inspector's stamp is evident.   [ss] [ph:L]

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