U.S. CAP POUCHES
FEATURES INCLUDED AT NO EXTRA CHARGE
Hand Applied Period Finish
Hand Stitching with correct thread and stitches per inch
All hardware is period correct of correct materials and design
All our Cap Pouches are custom made here in our shop in Neosho. They are hand sewn with hand waxed linen thread and made of top grade leather. The period finish is hand applied to finish out the box. Each pouch is a faithful copy of its original counterpart right down to the makers marks. Our in house graphic design team has painstaking recreated each makers mark in great detail. We make unmarked as well as marked cap pouches. If you prefer unmarked, just let us know. If you are representing particular theaters of operations and would enjoy copies of specific makers productions, I have listed separately those that we reproduce. These are museum quality pouches suitable for use in reenacting, museum exhibition and for collectors of a dying art form. I have made and collected cartridge boxes and cap boxes since 1972.
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Wellborn, Nichols & Oliver Cap Pouch
Our Wellborn, Nichols & Oliver Cap Pouch is copied from an original specimen and made of top grade leather. Hand sewn with hand waxed thread and finished out with a hand applied period finish. It is marked on the outer flap with the Wellborn, Nichols & Oliver stamp. Wellborn, Nichols & Oliver Cap Pouch Comes with cone pick. CS-WNO-CAP---------$50.00 |
The Atlanta Arsenal Cap Pouch Our Atlanta Cap Pouch is copied from an original specimen and made of top grade leather. Hand sewn with hand waxed thread and finished out with a hand applied period finish. It is marked on the outer flap with the diminutive Atlanta Arsenal stamp. The turned brass finial is shaped distinctively and is specially made for this item. The Atlanta Arsenal in Atlanta, GA was a major supplier of materiel to the Confederate Army. It produced both ammunition, accoutrements and materiels. In 1863-64 the Atlanta Arsenal emplyed nearly 5,500 men and women. Atlanta Arsenal accoutrements are good for a western Confederate impression. Atlanta Cap Pouch Comes with cone pick. CS-AA-CAP---------$50.00 |
About the markings: Specimens are known with 1862 and 1863 dates. An arced stamp is observed on the original cap pouch while straight line stamps have been found on the cartridge box inner flaps.
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What impressions need a
Magee Horter & George Cap Pouch? 1--Most but not all troops supplied by the State of Louisiana. They also produced their own at the Baton Rouge Arsenal. (See Baton Rouge Cap Pouch) 2-Any troops supplied from the Confederate Arsenal at Baton Rouge. Could include some early Mississippi units. (About 3,000 sets were purchased along with leather and equipment to make distinctive Baton Rouge Arsenal accoutrements 3-You Need Magee & George if your unit was issued accoutrements after September 1861 when Horter left the partnership.
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What impressions need a Magee & George Cap Pouch?
1--You need Magee & George if your unit was issued accoutrements after September 1861 when Horter left the partnership. 2--Any troops who drew accoutrements though the Memphis, Tennessee Ordnance Depot from December 1861 thru June 1862. 3--Every Missouri Confederate soldier from December 1861 to March 1862. Enough sets of accoutrements were purchased that every Missouri soldier, either Confederate or State Guard could have had two sets.
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C. S. Arsenal Baton Rouge Cap Boxes
At the time Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, the United States Arsenal at Baton Rouge had been in the hands of state forces just over two weeks. By the Spring of 1861 the arsenal was under control of the Confederate government. Richard Lambert, Military Store Keeper, was in command and was assisted by Capt. J. C. Booth.
Through the spring and fall of 1861 Lambert and Booth purchased about 3,000 sets of Accoutrements from the New Orleans firm of Magee, Horter & George. With an eye towards augmenting these supplies, Lambert, in May and June of 1861 purchased 76 sides of bridle leather as well as sixteen saddlers stitching horses. The C. S. Arsenal likely remained in operation until the fall of Baton Rouge on May 28, 1862. During its brief operation it supplied ordnance stores and ammunition to Confederate troops at Pensacola, Florida. In addition distinctive sets of accoutrements were produced utilizing a waist belt with a fork tongue frame buckle.
Cap Pouch with
Trans-Mississippi Association This is another style of cap pouch with Trans-Mississippi association. The outer and inner flap is made of waxed flesh leather. Dark brown or black available. Choose one when ordering and note in description on order form. Cap Pouch with Trans-Mississippi Association Comes with cone pick. CS-TM-CAP--------------$50.00 |
Tennessee Provenance Cap Pouch A Tennessee provenance cap pouch with a square flap, double belt loops and brass finial. Tennessee Provenance Cap Pouch Comes with cone pick. CS-TENN-CAP--------------$50.00 |
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