Stupid Question

[Bill]

I'm afraid this is going to be one of those questions, where you hit yourself in the head, with the flat of your hand, when you get an answer.

I was on the Sykes' Regulars web site photo folder. There is a photo of a Federal cartridge box. with "U.S.B." stenciled on the handle of the box. For the life of me, I can't figure out what U.S.B. stands for.

The other markings are pretty standard:

(1,000)
CARTRIDGES
U.S.B. (on the handle)
RIFLE MUSKET
CAL .574, 65 GR.
1864

[cprljohnivey]

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Union Soldier's Box

[flattop32355]

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"Ugly Sons of....."

Oh, never mind.

[Indianabugles]

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US coB??

Just a suggestion

Sorry for the double post, edit error, please remove one Mods.

[Johnny Lloyd]

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Initials of the owner is a possibility... only if the owner's first name was Ulysses, perhaps. :p

All the best- Johnny Lloyd:wink_smil

[Gallinipper]

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How about U.S. Ball?

Rich Croxton

[Bill]

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From the looks of the photo, "U.S.B" was stenciled on the box at he same time as all the other markings.

[PogueMahone]

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Bill,

Can you give us a link or other way to view the same thing you did? I looked but didn't see such box.

[lhsnj]

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Bill,

Can you give us a link or other way to view the same thing you did? I looked but didn't see such box.

Joe

Here is the link to the image Bill was talking about:

http://www.cwreenactors.com/~sykes/images/LOC/Barrels_and_Boxes/64P_02582u.jpg

[PogueMahone]

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Used Soldier Bullets?

[BrandonEnglish]

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Perhaps the manufacturer?

Or where they would have plugged their iPod into?

[Bill]

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Perhaps the manufacturer?

Brandon,

I thought of that, but I couldn't think of an arsenal with the initials U.S.B. Also, the arsenal information was usually on the side of the box, or more commonly, on the inside of the top.

It seems my question wasn't as stupid as I thought! :)

[Dignann]

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Bill,

How about contacting Watervliet Arsenal, or perhaps Springfield Armory? Maybe their curators have some knowledge and/or experience with such markings.

Eric

[Pvt Schnapps]

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There's always Benicia.

[Bill]

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Bill,

How about contacting Watervliet Arsenal, or perhaps Springfield Armory? Maybe their curators have some knowledge and/or experience with such markings.

Eric

Eric,

Excellent idea. Watervliet may be an good source for this information. The Arsenal was a major supplier of small arms ammo during the War.

Thanks,