Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Richmond Depot Tin Drum Canteen with Packet of Research British Military Hats as used on the USN

as used on the USN Model 95001 12 inch Signaling Searchlight

which used a standard detachable blade bayonet

6 inches (103 cm)

a solid frame with a screwed in barrel and the simple turn of a wing nut to release the loading lever and cylinder arbor were all significant improvements over the open topped frame and wedge-retained barrel of the Colt design

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Richmond Depot Tin Drum Canteen with Packet of Research British Military Hats as used on the USNOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Variations of tin drum canteens were manufactured before, during and after the War, so most tin drum canteens cannot, even if they are from the mid nineteenth century, be identified specifically as Confederate. Sometimes a Confederate identified sling or a name scratched into a canteen's face can positively identify it as Confederate, but most have to be considered militia, be it Southern or Northern. There are two