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  Misssouri Boot & Shoe Company

U. S. Cartridge Boxes

FEATURES INCLUDED AT NO EXTRA CHARGE
  • Hand Applied Period Finish
  • Hand Made Cartridge Box Tins
  • Hand Stitching with correct thread and stitches per inch
  • All hardware is period correct of correct materials and design
All our Cartridge Boxes 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 box 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 cartridge boxes. Unmarked boxes were common in the Pattern 1857 version. 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.  Each box comes with tins. These are museum quality boxes 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.    We will trade for original cartridge boxes, cap pouches etc. Contract us for details.
Pre-War/Early-War Pattern Boxes

Pattern 1839 .69 Caliber Round Ball Cartridge Box

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Front of Pattern 1839 .69 Caliber Round Ball Carthage Box
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Tool Pouch On Pattern 1839 Round Ball
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Back View Of Pattern 1839 Round Ball
Pattern 1839 .69 Caliber Round  Ball Cartridge Box
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge

P39/.69RBCART---------$150.00

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Pattern 1839 Rifle or Carbine Cartridge Box for waist belt only 
(The Pattern 1839  Carbine Box  is exactly like the Round Ball Cartridge Box but  without  the tool pouch.)

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Front Of Pattern 1839 Rifle or Carbine Cartridge Box.
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Back Of Pattern 1839 Rifle or Carbine Box Showing Loops For Waist Belt.
Pattern 1839 Rifle or Carbine Cartridge Box for waist belt only.
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge.
P39/.69RBCART---------$150.00
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Boyd and Sons Boston Pattern 1839 Cartridge Box
Our Boyd & Sons Reproduction has our painstakingly reproduced Boyd Markers Mark on the inside tool pouch flap just as the original.Tins are included at no extra charge. We offer for sale a Boyd Plate for your waist belt as well. 
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Front Of Boyd and Son Boston Pattern 1839 Cartridge Box With Close Up of Makers Mark On Inside Flap As On Originals.
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Boyd and Sons Boston Pattern 1839 Cartridge Box View Of Open Box Showing Tool Pouch & Makers Mark On Inside Flap
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Back Side Of The Boyd and Sons Boston Back Pattern 1839 Cartridge Box.
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James Boyd-- How does a manufacturer of Civil War equipment figure into the fire fighting history of the United States? Click On The Fireman to learn more about James Boyd.
Boyd and Son Boston Pattern 1839 Cartridge Box
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge.
P39/BOYDCART------$150.00

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We also offer a matching Boyd and Son Belt Plate

Missouri Boot & Shoe is proud to offer our reproduction of the Boyd and Sons Belt Plate.  We make our reproduction just like the original. The plate is filled with lead then has a leather backing placed on it.  Stamped into the leather is the Boyd and Sons makers mark.  Don't forget to add one of these unique belt plates to your order.  






BOYD PLATE with a belt
     BOYDPLATE-
--$15.00

BOYD PLATE Separate-$21.00

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Boyd& Son Belt Plate
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Close Up of the Boyd and Son makers mark stamped into the leather lining on the back of the Boyd and Son Plate.
Pattern 1857 Boxes
 
The Pattern 1857 Pattern Boxes are the early-war Federal contract boxes generally found without makers marks and with un-rivited belt loops.  Some boxes were made with the belt loops spaced widely apart per the New York Arsenal pattern.  The Allegheny Arsenal set had the belt loops centered under the shoulder belt loops. 
 

Unmarked Pattern 1857 Boxes

Choose From Following Styles


Pattern 1857 .58 Caliber Rifled Musket
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge.
1857UNMARKED/58RMCART-------$150.00


Pattern 1857 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge.
1857UNMARKED/.69RMCART-------$150.00


Pattern 1857 .69 Caliber Round Ball
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge.
1857UNMARKED/.69RBCART-------$150.00



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Unmarked Pattern 1857 Cartridge Box
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New York Arsenal Pattern 1857 Cartridge Boxes




Choose From Following Styles


1857 Rifled Musket
.58 Caliber
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
57NEWYORKRMCART----$150.00


1857 Rifled Musket .69 Caliber
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
69NEWYORKRMCART----$150.00


1857 Round Ball .69 Caliber Cartridge Box
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
69NEWYORKRBCART----$150.00



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Front of Pattern 1857 New York Cartridge Box
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Back Of Pattern 1857 New York Cartridge Box
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Pattern 1857 Jewel Cartridge Box

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Back of 1857 Jewell Cartridge Box


Pattern 1857 Jewel Cartridge Box
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
 57JEWELLCART----$150.00


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Front of Pattern 1857 Jewell Cartridge Box
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Close Up Of Jewel Makers Mark
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The Jewell Factory (Circa 1860's) located at the corner or Trumbull and Hicks streets in Hartford, CN
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Pattern 1857 Allegheny Cartridge Box


Pattern 1857 Allegheny Cartridge Box
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
 57ALLEGHENYCART----$150.00








On July 9th of 1861 the Philadelphia Inquirer Newspaper (Philadelphia, PA) reported that 5,000 sets of accoutrements were being made each month at the Allegheny Arsenal.
(See full article at right.)


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Pattern 1857 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Box









Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box.
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
 


P57/69RMCART---------$150.00


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Front Of Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box
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Tool Pouch On The Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box
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Back Of A Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box
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Pattern 1861 Cartridge Boxes

The Pattern 1861 Boxes were the wartime contract boxes with rivited waist belt loops. Federal contractors were required to mark their products. Production began in July 1862. However some of the Pattern 1857 items made after Nov. 1861 reflect the rivits in the waist belt loops as there was something of a transitional period. The .69 caliber smoothbore boxes went out of production in February 1862. Following that date, when smooth bore arms were issued the .69. rifled musket box was issued. When necessary, cartridge boxes were issued on the basis of if the ammunition fits, use it.
Choose From

Eastern Contractors:
 
  • C. S. Storms New York
  • J. B. Thaxter Portland Maine


Western Contractor:
  • J. B. Sickles St. Louis


Eastern Contractor:

C. S. Storms New York


Pattern 61 Storms
New York Cartridge Box
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge

 
61STORMSNYCART----$150.00

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C. S. Storms makers mark up close.
Eastern Contractor:

J. B. Thaxter Portland Maine
Pattern 1861
Cartridge Box

 Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
 
61THAXTERCART----$150.00
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Front of a Pattern 1861 Cartridge Box
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Back of a Pattern 1861 Cartridge Box
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Western Contractor
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J. B. Sickles St. Louis 1861

Cartridge Box

At the outbreak of the Civil War, J. B. Sickles was a well established St. Louis firm. Originally located at 509 N. Main Street, Sickles manufactured all types of horse tack as well as selling saddlery hardware.
 
Sickles produced at least 10,000 sets of infantry accoutrements during the Civil War. Incorporated in 1882 the company continued in business well into hte 1940's.
 
Our reproduction Sickles Cartridge Box is copied from an original that featured extensive use of waxed flesh leather in the latch tab, tool pouch, as well as waist and shoulder belt loops. The use of waxed flesh leather is indicative of the leather shortages create by war-time demand. The original box is believed to have been issued to a Kansas soldier.



J. B. Sickles St. Louis 1861 Cartridge Box
Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge.

P61SICKLESCART------$150.00


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J.B. Sickles Advertisement from the 1842 Saint Louis Directory
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J.B. Sickles Pattern 1861 Cartridge Box
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Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber
            Rifled Musket Cartridge Box

 
 Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box
Cartridge Box Tins Are Included At No Extra Charge
 
61RIFLEDCART----$150.00

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Front Of Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box
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Back Of Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box
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View Of Open Pattern 1861 .69 Caliber Rifled Musket Cartridge Box
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Missouri Boot & Shoe Company
951 Burr Crossing RD
Neosho, MO 64850 USA

Phone: 417-451-6100

For help with historical questions contact Robert Serio  directly at jeffersonbootee@gmail.com