Cartridge Box

Object/Artifact

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Name/Title

Cartridge Box

Description

Artifact 99-05 is the wooden cartridge box that carried a soldier's musket balls and gunflint.

Use

Box used to carry paper-wrapped musket cartridges. The cartridge box was a block of wood with vertical holes to hold the cartridges covered by a leather flap.

Collection

Valcour Bay Research Project Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1776

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Box, Cartridge

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Box, Armament

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Armament

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Armament Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Archaeological Project Number

Other Number

99-05.01

Material

Wood

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Conservation

Notes

Conserved

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Edwin Scollon

Related Places

Place

Lake

Valcour Bay, Lake Champlain

State/Province

Vermont, New York

Related Events

Event

Battle of Valcour Bay