CS Tin Drum Canteen

[paulcalloway]

See page 210 Confederate EOG. This unidentified canteen has an excellent example of a Hughes, Pendergrass & Snow canteen sling. The buckle was added by the owner when the leather "disc" broke.

Photos submitted by Thomas M. Rose
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Museum, Columbia, SC - No photographs can be reproduced without permission and are intended for education only.

[Johnny Lloyd]

Paul-

Question on this one (and it might be more appropriate for the Authenticity Debate), but were tin drum canteens more prevalent in the ANV than wooden or 1858 model "smoothside" canteens, according to your research?

Thanks- Johnny Reb

[Charles Heath]

....were tin drum canteens more prevalent in the ANV than wooden or 1858 model "smoothside" canteens, according to your research?

Dear Johnny,

One of the main differences between this forum and those fora where folks still drag their knuckles, and ask "hey, can you gimme all yer research?" is the fact folks here tend to do their own research. Wow, what a concept.

Part of that dusty, musty, trusty idea is to crack open a few books and do some reading. As radical as that may sound, certain really cool things begin to occur within one's own cranial cavity (filled or not), such as remembering statements by veterans that they couldn't wait to fling that crappy wooden canteen, as soon as they could acquire a tin one, be it a States Rights version or one provided secondhand by Uncle Sugar. How about those scads of imported tin canteens the Old Dominion bought for her troops early in the war? Don't see many of those fitting that description. Take some time to read up on that one.

Want some great fun, look at the number of uncovered bullseye canteens sported by rebs towards the end of the war. Photographs are enjoyable in that regard, and somewhere on this forum Curt Schmidt has a nice serial article about "How to Do Some of That Research Stuff."

...and now to whisper some sweet words into another's ears about campfire BS.

[arsenal guard]

Johnny,

The following was under the AC category of Research Articles:

A Photographic Analysis of Federal Canteens in Confederate Service 1863-1865
by John Stillwagon

Great photographs that support his analysis, with further support from first person accounts.

I know your question was more of a yes / no, but maybe you can gain a conclusion from this article.

Army Strong

Wade Sokolosky