pouch, cartridge

Object/Artifact

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Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

pouch, cartridge

Entry/Object ID

AX2007.0001.0017

Description

Leather pouch, 3 1/2" x 3 1/2," with 2 belt loops on back side and flap closure with "US" stamped on it, and tab at end with slit which would have closed pouch over a button on the bottom. The leather is soiled, worn, and misshapen but intact. There are 16 cartridges inside. Found with other Civil War artifacts belonging to Walter O. Hargrave of Ripon who was a sergeant major with Co. M, 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Calvary in the Civil War.

Context

Cartridges used in the Union’s breech-loading Spencer repeating carbine and rifle, these .52 caliber, copper rimfire cartridges feature a conical-shaped lead bullet with two grooves seated in a copper case.

Collection

Military

Acquisition

Accession

AX2007.0001

Source or Donor

Estate of Alan Hargrave

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Pouch, Cartridge

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pouch, Arms

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Armament

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Armament Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Search Terms

Co M, 1st Wisconsin, volunteer, cavalry, Civil War, cartridge