checkit Posted July 11, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2013 I guess the topic title pretty much tells you what I know - so what exactly is this bag? Is it something special for artillery use, or just an artillery-marked bag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Terry K. Posted July 11, 2013 Share #7 Posted July 11, 2013 Most artillery horse material is specifically for arty and would be different from regular Cav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted July 11, 2013 Share #8 Posted July 11, 2013 It is the circa 1901 (please someone correct my guess) Artillery Haversack and is an almost exact duplicate of the Civil War black painted infantry pack. It is not meant to be used like a saddlebag, but as a pack. You have it unfolded and opened. Thare are seperate leather straps missing from yours. I have read that it was mostly attached to the artillery limber and not on the artilleryman's back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkit Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted July 12, 2013 Many many thanks for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavdoc83 Posted July 13, 2013 Share #10 Posted July 13, 2013 Here is a little more info about these bags that I had posted on another forum where they were discussed in depth. Jerry Lee of "What Price Glory" is reproducing them. In an 1898 Artillery Circular, the knapsacks are described as being stowed two per ammunition chest and also on the foot boards: http://books.google.com/books?id=UfgsAAA....epage&q&f=falseCaptain Dyer's 1900 "Handbook for Light Artillery" describes a little bit of how the knapsack is packed (Why do artillerymen all carry screwdrivers in their knapsacks?): http://books.google.com/books?id=v7ISAQA....napsack&f=false Page 136 also describes knapsacks being stowed in the ammunition chests and on the footboards, but also in the battery wagons.General Order#23 of 1906 is the one that describes the issue equipment for artillerymen and states that knapsacks are to be carried in the battery wagons:http://books.google.com/books?ei=E-1dT8_....napsack&f=falseI can't find it now, but one of the annual reports describes the surplus equipment being packed in the knapsack and stowed in the wagon, while mess gear and rations would be carried in the haversacks on the individual gunners' persons. Drivers were to pack their gear on the off horses the same as cavalry.These knapsacks appear in annual reports for the Regulars up to around 1911 (replaced by 1910 equipments?) They appear in some of the National Guard Annual reports up to 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkit Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted July 18, 2013 Thanks, doc. Your comments sew it up very nicely for anyone researching these haversacks in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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