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properly packed and turned over to the Quartermaster Department for transportation to Watervliet Arsenal.
There are two accepted variations of the Regulation Federal Civil War-era haversack. Without making things overly complicated, the types are broad defined as “Early War” and “Late War.” The two styles are almost indistinguishable except for the leather closing strap, or rather how the leather strap is attache the outside of the bag. On “Earl War” haversacks, the strap and the buckle are sewn to the outer surface of the haversack. On the “Late War” haversacks, the strap is reinforced with a copper rive The inside seams were flat felled, like the seams of an unlined Union sack coat. Sometimes the haversack appears to be sewn after the material was painted black and other
times before. Sometimes main seams are machine sewn while others show evidence of being hand-sewn throughout. A variety of different contractors sup plied haversacks to the various U.S. Arsenals over the course of the war. It is a safe estimate t
was about 56 cents each. The shoulder straps were between 42-48 inches long and were often shortened on the haversack. The average Civil War soldiers were as a rule smaller, but even allowing for a height/weight differential, the shortened straps suggest the bag was worn fairly high up on the soldier’s hip. This is for comfor so it did not bounce off the thig while on the march. As a final point, the cloth used on original haversacks is surprisingly thin
which are produced from heavier (almost tent thickness) canvas. On some surviving haversacks the material used for the outside bag is only slightly thicker than the rice bag (about as thick as a cotton shirt), although the coati of black paint and linseed oil on the surface did reinforce it.
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