parcel crates

[Lt1stNCSS]

this question was posted on another forum, what type of crate or parcel would be sent from home with goodies for the troops??

I suggested a small box , made from 1/4 or 1/2 inch pine or oak boards, nailed with small brads or held together with leather bands(that way you can just cut the leather in one place and have a hinged box)

i also sugested old barn boards if he had any lying around....anyone else have thoughs on this?

[JimKindred]

Re: parcel crates

this question was posted on another forum, what type of crate or parcel would be sent from home with goodies for the troops??

I suggested a small box , made from 1/4 or 1/2 inch pine or oak boards, nailed with small brads or held together with leather bands(that way you can just cut the leather in one place and have a hinged box)

i also sugested old barn boards if he had any lying around....anyone else have thoughs on this?

Have you tried looking at period photos showing shipping containers?

An internet search will turn up all sorts of information -

The first commercial cardboard box was produced in England in 1817. You may want to follow this link for additional information. [1] (http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd%2Dfact/0133.html).

[Emmanuel Dabney]

Re: parcel crates

Some other helpful information can be found here:

http://www.raggedsoldier.com/soldiers_boxes.pdf

[fahtz]

Re: parcel crates

Here is a quote from "The Soldier's Pen" By Robert E. Bonner p63

March 11th 1862
Camp Andy Johnson
Davidson County Tennessee

...I can tell you that I got my box you sent me this evening and was glad to git it for I hante had nothing fir to eat for three weeks. I found everything all right nothing spoilt but the chicken it was spoilt and the pies was a little moldy on top but the ar mity good. I hante tasted the cakes yit but I no tha are good by the way tha look. I will try them to night the boys all sworm around me like bees. I give them a pese a pie a pese. The box rode one month but I will eat the cakes if tha was on the rode two months. It puts me in mind of home.