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Diagram of a Union soldier, US Civil War, 1862 (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That is a tiny little cartridge box. Did they only carry 30 shots?

[–] setsneedtofeed 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The standard issue .58 caliber boxes were meant to carry 40 rounds. Here is an example of a box for sale.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I do my Napoleonic reenactment, and we also carry 60, but the box is a fair bit bigger. That might be just a scaling issue (not a lot of short female soldiers back then)

[–] setsneedtofeed 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I think if you're carrying 60 rounds compared to the U.S. Civil War's 40, naturally your boxes will be bigger.

I think the drawing's scale is about right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

True about the number, I meant a scaling issue in that I'm smaller, so the box will look relatively bigger on me.

[–] PugJesus 1 points 2 months ago

I believe they carried closer to 60.