Collection Original Burnside Carbine Ammo Crate & Wrapper

[History hoarder63]

I just picked up the paper Burnside package wrapper this past week which I have wanted to display with the original wooden Burnside ammunition crate I own. The paper wrapper no longer has the cartridges but does have 10 individual papers that once surrounded each individual cartridge and it also has the original small pack of percussion caps. The wooden ammo crate is marked on each end "1000 CARTRIDGES / FOR BURNSIDE RIFLE / WITH MUSKET CAPS"

 

[UCVRelics]

Great Looking Addition to the ammo crate. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[R. Porter]

What a great example of items that were so common and of low value at the time yet are so rare today! Outstanding! Now if you could only find out who that guy is that was mentioned in one of the threads as having dozens of old Civil War ammo boxes and shipping crates wasting away in his barn; convince him to sell; and then document and publish the results for posterity.

 

[Cato3rd]

What a great example of items that were so common and of low value at the time yet are so rare today! Outstanding! Now if you could only find out who that guy is that was mentioned in one of the threads as having dozens of old Civil War ammo boxes and shipping crates wasting away in his barn; convince him to sell; and then document and publish the results for posterity.

That was me. That old timer has soo much stuff packed in his barn (ammo boxes, hard tack boxes, leather goods such as soft frame backpacks just stacked together). I know my dad has a few of the boxes for sale at the Gettysburg Antique Center on Baltimore st he got from the guy. But it's tough to get stuff from the guy since he's basically a hoarder. My goal is to basically bribe him a few hundred bucks just to rummage around

 

[R. Porter]

That was me. That old timer has soo much stuff packed in his barn (ammo boxes, hard tack boxes, leather goods such as soft frame backpacks just stacked together). I know my dad has a few of the boxes for sale at the Gettysburg Antique Center on Baltimore st he got from the guy. But it's tough to get stuff from the guy since he's basically a hoarder. My goal is to basically bribe him a few hundred bucks just to rummage around

As you can see, your post about the guy made an impression on me. Maybe if we offered some sort of trade? That way he could still have way too much stuff and still be a hoarder. There might be stuff that he values more than boxes. If someone doesn't get those boxes from him soon, they'll just rot away to nothing. But if he lets you rummage perhaps he'd let you take detailed photographs and measurements. I feel like it's just history being lost.

 

[History hoarder63]

What a great example of items that were so common and of low value at the time yet are so rare today! Outstanding! Now if you could only find out who that guy is that was mentioned in one of the threads as having dozens of old Civil War ammo boxes and shipping crates wasting away in his barn; convince him to sell; and then document and publish the results for posterity.

As late as the 1960's, if you ordered a lot of small stuff from Bannerman's, they would ship it packed in old Civil War or Indian War ammo crates. Back then they were considered junk, not worth selling.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Very cool! Now you need the actual carbine!