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Does anyone know how long the blanket rolls straps are on an original federal double bag knapsack? Thank you.
Dan Stewart
Dan Stewart
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Re: knapsack blanket roll strap length
Hallo!
They vary on originals from the specs, but the specs were:
"26 inches long, including the black japanned 1 inch roller buckle, the strap to be 3/4 of an inch wide; the buckle with its loop to be securely sewn to the strap with 16 stitches, and the strap to be punched with 16 holes of proper size for the tongue of the buckle."
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Re: knapsack blanket roll strap length
Curt, thank you so much for the specs on the blanket roll straps. The ones I have are 23" long. No wonder I was having so much trouble attaching the greatcoat to the knapsack!
Dan StewartComment
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Re: knapsack blanket roll strap length
Second question: Was this the same regulation length for cavalry spur straps?
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Re: knapsack blanket roll strap length
Curt,Originally posted by Curt Schmidt View Post
You mind pointing to a reference for the forementioned quote?
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[URL="http://www.virginiaregiment.org/The_Virginia_Regiment/Home.html"]Waggoner's Company of the Virginia Regiment [/URL]
[URL="http://www.military-historians.org/"]Company of Military Historians[/URL]
[URL="http://www.moc.org/site/PageServer"]Museum of the Confederacy[/URL]
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Re: knapsack blanket roll strap length
It is from the Quarter Master Manual 1865.Jan H.Berger
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Spur straps
According to the 1861 Regulations 1620: 2 spur straps are 19” long, 2 roller buckles, .625” wide, 2 standing loops.
At the end of the Civil War the Secretary of War report to Congress list the total purchased by the U.S. Government. The total number purchased as 378,088 pairs where they purchased 454,194 pairs of spurs.
An interesting note on overcoat straps the war time purchases was 2,104,238 but total on knapsacks was 3,583,324.
David Jarnagin
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