This is an image of a canteen on display in Jackson Michigan. It is said to be a model 1858 canteen carried by a Captain in the 1st Michigan Three Month Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1863. I do not believe this to be true. I believe that it may be on of the 1000 canteens made by William Tefft of Detroit for the 1st Michigan Three Month Volunteer Infantry Regiment. According to the newspaper Tefft used red wool to cover the canteens. Tefft made many more canteens for Michigan troops. Any help on this canteen?
William T. Carr
Company of Military Historians
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I am trying to get measurements for the canteen. It is not round and perhaps a inch or two taller that it is wide. I do not feel this is a model 1858 canteen.
William T. Carr
Company of Military Historians
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I am trying to get measurements for the canteen. It is not round and perhaps a inch or two taller that it is wide. I do not feel this is a model 1858 canteen.
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