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There is a really interesting article in the current ( Vol 34, N0 2) issue of NORTH SOUTH TRADER'S CIVIL WAR about cavalry cap pouches and their alterations to include pistol caps. Very well done by Fred Gaede (as always) it has several photos of surviving relic Federal and CS cap pouches with descriptions of their alterations. These would be classified as rare and unusual as far as their being relics but shows some interesting ingenuity regarding the need for a seperate place to store and get quick access to pistol caps in the field.
The photo I enlcose is a Federal cap box. The caption reads, "Interior of the Federal cap pouch showing how the cavalryman rigged a leather carrier for pistol caps to the inner flap with a buckskin thong."
One of the CS versions had a seperate compartment built into the cap pouch. Another CS variation employed an entire but seperate pouch (finial and all!) placed on the cover for pistol caps. Very interesting add ons!
Not exactly PEC but as one can see these are very simple and would be something different but useful for a reenactor to do. That is "if" one carries a pistol!!
Anyway, I thought it interesting.
Ken R Knopp
The photo I enlcose is a Federal cap box. The caption reads, "Interior of the Federal cap pouch showing how the cavalryman rigged a leather carrier for pistol caps to the inner flap with a buckskin thong."
One of the CS versions had a seperate compartment built into the cap pouch. Another CS variation employed an entire but seperate pouch (finial and all!) placed on the cover for pistol caps. Very interesting add ons!
Not exactly PEC but as one can see these are very simple and would be something different but useful for a reenactor to do. That is "if" one carries a pistol!!
Anyway, I thought it interesting.
Ken R Knopp
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