Flask size for Percussion Musket

RSMorris

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Good morning, learning about all this stuff. What size of a flask would a Civil War soldier carry for a .69 caliber percussion musket? I am putting a little display together centered around a M1816 musket. Trying to be accurate as much as possible.

THanks
 
Good morning, learning about all this stuff. What size of a flask would a Civil War soldier carry for a .69 caliber percussion musket? I am putting a little display together centered around a M1816 musket. Trying to be accurate as much as possible.

THanks
He wouldn't be carrying a flask. His ammunition was in the form of paper cartridges carried in a cartridge box.
 
There are 3 different type cartridges for the 69 cal. Buck & Ball, Round Ball and the 69 minie ball.
 
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