DBURT
03-01-2008, 10:06 AM
It seems the Ball Bag was'nt liked by the Confederate rank and file,as there is documentation saying that 1,000 ball bags were returned to Richmond categorized as " scrap leather" in the summer of 1863.
These were obviously turned into other items, and in "Collecting the Confederacy" (p 72)you will see a cap pouch that has been made from some other accoutrement, most likely a ball bag,and part of the S Isaac Campbell & Co cartouche is still visible.
The British system of loading the P1853 Enfield was very over complicated, including taking wrapped rounds out of the pouch, unwrapping them and putting them into the ball bag.
This is probably why, as Neill points out that the ball bag was gradually dropped in favour of the "Cap pocket"
Dave Burt, ACWS, England.
These were obviously turned into other items, and in "Collecting the Confederacy" (p 72)you will see a cap pouch that has been made from some other accoutrement, most likely a ball bag,and part of the S Isaac Campbell & Co cartouche is still visible.
The British system of loading the P1853 Enfield was very over complicated, including taking wrapped rounds out of the pouch, unwrapping them and putting them into the ball bag.
This is probably why, as Neill points out that the ball bag was gradually dropped in favour of the "Cap pocket"
Dave Burt, ACWS, England.