U.S. Army and militia canteens, 1775-1910
By: by Mike O'Donnell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: O'Donnell Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Alexandria, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780967073170
Subjects: United States; Equipment; Equipment and supplies; Militia; Canteens (Beverage containers); Supplies and stores; United States. Army; Schuylkill Arsenal (Pa.); Collectors and collecting; History
Other titles: U.S. Army & militia canteens, 1775-1910; United States Army and militia canteens, 1775-1910
Description: Provides the reader with a history of the military canteen and the men who carried them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293) and index.
Table of contents: title: The first canteens of tin and wood, 1775-1837; title: Tin drums, rubber 'bags' and leather canteens, 1836-1861; title: Philadelphia Depot and the rise of the oblate spheroid canteens, 1848-1865; title: New York Depot canteens, 1861-1865; title: Cincinnati, St. Louis and the western canteens, 1861-1865; title: Patent, filter & specialty canteens; title: Postwar canteens, 1866-1910.