Original U.S. Civil War Federal Regulation Canvas Backpack Knapsack French Gun Magazines Tuning slide/lead pipe is still

Tuning slide/lead pipe is still movable

Many of the pages are signed and dated by the people who filled the book

There are also two spare light bulbs in a small container

in company with the British 6th Airborne

was part of a late War government contracted order for accoutrements

Original U.S. Civil War Federal Regulation Canvas Backpack Knapsack French Gun Magazines Tuning slide/lead pipe is stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare example of an original, Federal issue, box style Army knapsack in nearly complete but delicate condition. This infantrymans accoutrement, of the early war pattern, is a soft double bag knapsack made to accept an internal wooden frame that rendered rigidity to the pack. This artifact is made up of two sections of canvas coated with a black rubber or tar like substance for protection from the elements.