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Blakeslee cartridge box
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The Blakeslee cartridge box was designed by Erastus
Blakeslee of the 1st Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry.
He received U.S. patent number 45,469 for the cartridge
box on December 20, 1864. It was made in three different
sizes of wood and covered with leather. One type
could hold up to six metal tubes filled with seven
metallic Spencer cartridges, while others could
hold ten or thirteen tubes. With this cartridge
box, a soldier could quickly load his Spencer carbine
or rifle by taking a tube out of the box and pouring
the seven cartridges into the butt of the firearm. |
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
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