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Object Name |
Box, Cartridge |
Catalog Number |
1982.04.01 |
Date |
ca. 1862 |
Material(s) |
Leather; tinplate; wood; |
Dimensions |
H-2.25 W-2.875 L-7.438 inches |
Description |
This is Burnside Cartridge Box for a Burnside rifle that is in very poor condition. It is only a portion of the cavalry cartridge box that was used during the Civil War. It has a decayed leather enclosing with a wood block drilled for cartridges. It holds twenty cartridges and it still contains eleven fused cartridges, that are either broken or corroded, in the holes. It also has a leather strap that is loose and very corroded. |
Notes |
Excavated on the Fort Knox property. The .54 caliber Burnside carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose E. Burnside. This weapon was manufactured in Rhode Island by the Bristol Firearms Company and later, its successor, the Burnside Rifle Company, from about 1857 to 1865. Lowering the trigger guard, which also served as the operating lever, would cause the breech to tilt up, revealing a cone-shaped cavity. The metallic cartridge for the Burnside, of a unique cone shape, was placed into this cavity. |
Collection |
General George Patton Museum |
Event |
American Civil War |
Subjects |
Ammunition Cavalry Rifles |
Search Terms |
American Civil War Civil War Cavalry |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |