How did Civil War soldiers carry percussion caps? I have soon pictures of cartridge boxes, but I have never noticed any method for carrying musket caps, any ideas. I can’t imagine they were carried loose in a pocket?
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I'm pretty sure that caps for revolvers came in the same package as revolver cartridges. It was a little wooden box with six paper cartridges and six caps. You can see repros online for sale, but they are pricey. AS far as muskets go, I believe on official uniforms, caps were kept in a little black belt pouch. There are plenty of CW enthusiasts here that will come along and give more accurate and specific info.
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I don’t know how accurate this is but it’s from something called army heritage .org.
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As nicely stated above, cap boxes were used. Reproductions are easily found by GOOGLIE search. My originals are fleece lined to hold the caps from moving around and also have a nipple pick . One still has original winged musket caps in it
After the Civil War, they were converted to revolver (brass) cartridge boxes. I think they would hold 12 .45 Colt cartridges.
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