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Confederate Tin "Drum" Style Canteen - Manassas

Item: Confederate Tin "Drum" Style Canteen - Manassas
Use: Water container
Approximate size: 6-7 inches diameter (varies due to distortion)
Condition: Fair, excavated. Canteen is remarkably solid and was lightly clear coated at some point so as to preserve it. It is dented on both sides with on side more severe than the other. There are two large holes and one small hole on the strap guide rim with two of the three strap guides still present. The spout is no longer present. Printed on an old label attached by string to one of the strap holders is "CONFEDERATE DRUM CANTEEN RECOVERED FROM CAMP WIGFALL MANASSAS". There are no repairs.
Recovered: Camp Wigfall, Manassas, VA area.
Reference: Examples of similar, but not exact, tin "drum" canteens are found in the following canteen reference books:

• "Excavated Artifacts from Battlefields and Campsites of The Civil War" by Stanley S. Phillips on page 68.
• "Civil War Artifacts" by Howard R. Crouch on page 147.
• "The Civil War Canteen" by Robert Jones on pages 25, 31 & 53.
• "Civil War Canteens" 1983 Edition by Stephen W. Sylvia and Michael J. O'Donnell on pages 44 & 45.
• "Civil War Canteens" 1990 Edition by Stephen W. Sylvia and Michael J. O'Donnell on pages 49, 50 & 53.
• "U.S. ARMY & MILITIA CANTEENS, 1775-1910" on page 70.

See above pages in the additional images. 

Comments: Tin drum style canteens were commonly used by Confederate soldiers and this one will be an excellent addition to any excavated Civil War canteen, campsite, battlefield, or general relic collection. 

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Product Code:

PC10395

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Price:

$350.00

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