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Pouch, Cartridge

Object number2007.56.185 a-k

Datec. 1865

MediumMetal/Leather/Paper

Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection

DescriptionBrown leather cartridge pouch. Two flaps; top flap has strap that wraps underneath and attaches through a brass metal knob. Two belt straps on reverse side. Cardboard insert inside pouch. Contents include four bullets; four paper-covered end pieces of a bullet; one complete bullet with paper-covered end still attached; and one thin piece of wire with a loop on one end.Dimensions(a) H: 3.25 ; W: 3.625 ; D: 1.5
(b-e) H: .75 ; W: .5
(f-i) H: 1 ; W: .5
(j) H: 1.125 ; W: .5
(k) L: 2 ; W: .5
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Historical NotesThe shape of the tapered cartridge looks like the shape of the cartridge for a Burnside breech-loading carbine (rifle), with the bullet up front and a very distinctly narrowing powder cartridge behind it. Matches to this shape are rare, because of the very distinctive shape. However, it is difficult to find any Burnside cartridges that are paper, which could possibly be an interior liner.

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