1863 Cincinnati Depot Canteen - Published in O'Donnell Canteen Book
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Item: 1863 Cincinnati Depot Decommissioned Canteen - Published in O'Donnell Canteen Book
Approximate size: 7-1/2-inch diameter.
Condition: Very good, excavated. This smooth side canteen with stopper is in overall solid shape. One side has a small shallow dent. The other side has a moderate size dent with a square hole measuring approximately 5/8 x 1-inch near the center. All three strap holders are present and solidly attached. Its tin spout is present including its screw-nut stopper. No cracks or repairs.
Reference: This is the actual canteen described and pictured in the following reference book:
- "U.S. ARMY & MILITIA CANTEENS, 1775-1910" by Mike O'Donnell on page 200, canteen 233.
See above page in additional images.
Comments: According to the author of the above-mentioned reference book:
"Canteen 233 Believed to be among the 40,000 tin spout canteens furnished by Albert Jewett following an April 1863 Cincinnati Depot contract. Its bright finished tin and rounded oblate spheroid shape are unlike any others from identified Cincinnati makers. It was found with the remains of a typical Jewett stopper including a brass screw-nut. The twisted brass wire was an improvement introduced in 1874. This is one of 300 decommissioned canteens found in a pit at Fort Oglethorpe, GA, where they were discarded during the Spanish American War."
This canteen will be an excellent addition to any excavated Civil War canteen, campsite, or general relic collection.
- Product Code:
- PC1688
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