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Civil War Ammunition Boxes

What better way to camouflage your present day items during an event than to store them in ammunition boxes.

Ammunition boxes were obviously very common in a Civil War encampment. These artillery and cartridge ammunition boxes are designed and made by C&C Sutlery.

Our ammunition boxes are built, painted, and stenciled as close as possible to the specifications in The Ordnance Manual for the Use of Officers of the United States Army (1862) .

However, based upon various research it appears that the wood thickness, stenciling, location of handles, number and type of nails used, and other markings were determined by the arsenal. And often the boxes were unpainted as well.

Our boxes are made of pine and crafted with period cut box nails and non-plated slot head wood screws. Our goal is to provide boxes that are both historically accurate and as well as affordable.

Currently, we have stencils for the following: Allegheny, Camp Floyd (Not an arsenal), Indiana (Not an arsenal), Richmond, Selma, and Watervliet. Others are available upon request.

Important Note: Unfortunately at this time all boxes are unavailable due to we have lose to our family. We do hope to bring them all back as soon as we can but it may take a while to find another master wood worker.

Since each box is custom made to your specifications, please allow 3 weeks for delivery.

Additional Shipping charges may be applied due to box size and weight.

Proudly MADE IN USA in the great state of Idaho.

Box - Hardtack Crate - Camp Desk
$250.95

Hardtack converted in to a camp desk. It has been documented hardtack boxes were converted into desks officer and staff to manager there daily reports. Our hardtack crates are constructed as authentically as possible and still remain affordable. Unlike ammunition boxes, hardtack crate dimensions were not as critical. So long as the box held 50 pounds of hardtack and was about the right size, it was acceptable. Our hardtack crate features two very distinct details: The hardtack box measures 26"L x 17"W x 11"H.

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The hardtack crate had some specific construction requirements. Per the specifications from Lt. Col. C.L. Kilburn, the Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence, in his "Notes on Preparing Stores for the United States Army and on the Care of the Same, etc, with a few rules for Detecting Adulterations" printed in 1863, under Hard Bread it states: The packages should be thoroughly seasoned, (of wood imparting no taste or odor to the bread,) and reasonably tight. The usual method now adopted is to pack 50 pounds net, in basswood boxes, (sides, top and bottom ½ inch, ends 5/8 of an inch,) and of dimensions corresponding with the cutters used, and strapped at each end with light iron or wood. The bread should be packed on its edge compactly, so as not to shake.

Addition specification details were provided in Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers by August Kautz 1864. " When hard bread is put in boxes (the best packages for field transportation), they should be made of fully-seasoned wood, of a kind to impart no taste or odor to the bread, and as far as practicable of single pieces. When two pieces are used in making the same surface, they should be tongued and grooved together. A box 26 x 17 x 11 inches, exterior measure, is an average box for pilot bread, under the usual circumstances of land transportation. The ends of a box of this size should be made of inch, and the remainder of five-eighths, stuff, the package well strapped with green hickory or other suitable wood." Click here to download this manual.

NOTE: Additional shipping charges will be applied due to size and weight of box.

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Box - Cartridge - Camp Floyd Musket .58
$89.95

The .58 caliber musket cartridge box measures 16"L x 11"W x 8"H. Interior dimensions are 14.5"L x 9.75"W x 6.5"H.

Camp Floyd and the Utah War was used as a strategy by both the Northern and Southern states to divert the nation's attention from states rights and slavery issues. 3500 Union troops, about 1/3 of the entire U.S. Army was dispatched to Utah to suppress a rumored rebellion. President James Buchanan believed restoring order to Utah would unite the Democrats and Republicans and the Northerners and Southerners. John Floyd was the Secretary of War . He and other southern Democrats intended to divert Union troops to the West, deplete the U.S. Treasury by millions of dollars by giving out government contract for the move to southern businessmen, and encourage western support for southern stats rights. Camp Floyd was built in 1858 Fairfield, Utah. The army was recalled in 1861 for the Civil War. There was never a rebellion nor war in Utah.

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Civil War Cartridge & Artillery Boxes, Navy/Army Revolver Boxes, Musket/Rifle Boxes, Shot/Shell/Spherical Case/Canister Boxes, Hotchkiss Canister Box

Civil War Ammunition Boxes

What better way to camouflage your present day items during an event than to store them in ammunition boxes.

Since each box is custom made to your specifications, please allow 3 weeks for delivery.

Civil War Cartridge & Artillery Boxes, Navy/Army Revolver Boxes, Musket/Rifle Boxes, Shot/Shell/Spherical Case/Canister Boxes, Hotchkiss Canister Box