@PugJesusM to Illustrations of historyEnglish • 3 months agoDiagram of a Union soldier, US Civil War, 1862imagemessage-square9arrow-up150arrow-down11
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minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoThat is a tiny little cartridge box. Did they only carry 30 shots?
minus-squareSSTFlinkEnglish2•3 months agoThe standard issue .58 caliber boxes were meant to carry 40 rounds. Here is an example of a box for sale.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-23 months agoI do my Napoleonic reenactment, and we also carry 60, but the box is a fair bit bigger. That might be just a scaling issue (not a lot of short female soldiers back then)
minus-squareSSTFlinkEnglish4•edit-23 months agoI think if you’re carrying 60 rounds compared to the U.S. Civil War’s 40, naturally your boxes will be bigger. I think the drawing’s scale is about right.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-23 months agoTrue about the number, I meant a scaling issue in that I’m smaller, so the box will look relatively bigger on me.
That is a tiny little cartridge box. Did they only carry 30 shots?
The standard issue .58 caliber boxes were meant to carry 40 rounds. Here is an example of a box for sale.
I do my Napoleonic reenactment, and we also carry 60, but the box is a fair bit bigger. That might be just a scaling issue (not a lot of short female soldiers back then)
I think if you’re carrying 60 rounds compared to the U.S. Civil War’s 40, naturally your boxes will be bigger.
I think the drawing’s scale is about right.
True about the number, I meant a scaling issue in that I’m smaller, so the box will look relatively bigger on me.
I believe they carried closer to 60.