Eley Cap Tins

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Eley Cap Tins

04-12-2020, 09:04 PM

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We see these Eley cap tins all over. We see them for sale on line, at gun shows and at antique stores. Its common knowledge that these tins were brought over from England by both sides in large quantities during the war and by the republic well before the war. The question I have not been able to answer is the following. I have seen large numbers of tins marked "Eley London" and others marked "Eley Bros London". Despite researching on line and here as well I have been unable to determine which of these tins are pre CW, CW or post CW period. Does anyone know of a source that is definitive on this matter?
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Pvt. Albert R. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-W.I.A. February 15, 1862)
Pvt. William H. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-K.I.A. February 15, 1862 Ft. Donelson)
Pvt. Simon Sams (Co. C, 18th Iowa Inf.-K.I.A. January 8, 1863 Springfield, MO)
Pvt. Elisha Cox (Co. C, 26th North Carolina Inf.-W.I.A. July 3, 1863 Gettysburg)

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Craig L Barry

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04-23-2020, 05:09 PM

Re: Eley Cap Tins

Suppliers to the Confederacy Volume 2 (2016) has a chapter on Eley Bros (p 224-233). There is quite a bit of material in there on the history of the firm as they were one of the largest suppliers to the Confederate war effort. I don't think it addresses your question specifically, though. Tins of percussion caps dated to the early 1860s from Eley Bros are found marked both ways.

Craig L Barry
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