Colonel Mann & European Matches A Cartridge Box Inventor and Scandal Sheet Editor
At the outbreak of the Civil W William d’Alton Mann joined the 1st Michigan Cavalry, where his charisma won him election as a captain, even though he had no prior military experience. In 1862 Mann was promoted to colonel of the 7th Michigan Cavalry and commanded that regiment in Brigadier General George Custer’s Brigade at Gettysburg during the cavalry fight on the battle’s third day. In late 1863, Colonel Mann invented a set of equipment with a cartridge box carried in front rather than on the soldier’s sid and connected to a backpack by a harness to balance weight and
including muskets, carbine inventory of historic anti collectors level and range collector and investors le
provide easier access to ammunition. Some Mann box designs held sixty rounds, twenty more than the standard forty round ba sic load. Soldiers almost always carried more than forty rounds, but the extra ammo was stored in a haversack, along with salt por and hardtack, which did not contribute to durability. Mann presented examples of his invention to Ordnance and other officers, who were impressed. One responded that the equipment was “in many respects an improvement on the present accoutrements now used in service,” as it spread the weight o ammunition and knapsack over both shoulders which, the office believed, “would be less fatigui and injurious.” Mann equipment was issued to a few regiments in the spring of 1864 for trial in field. The Fifteenth New Jersey
les and accoutrements. Our nd firearms begin at the early he way up to the advanced
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a gold mine. He became and publisher of Town pre-tabloid scandal sh trating on the immoral real and suspected, of “Four Hundred” of New collection of “old wea ilies and “Robber Baro venus. He earned a sig by Joe Bilby Infantry was one of the regiments selected. Unfortunately, only the cartridge boxes arrived at the Fifteenth’s camp in Virginia. The knapsacks were reportedly shipped by accident to New Orleans. After the war the Fifteenth’s chaplain recalled that he was able to identify his regiment’s dead at Spotsylvania by their Mann equipment. Over the winter of 1864–1865, the Fifteenth was reequipped with a second version of the Mann gear as was the 4th New Jersey Infantry, another regiment in their brigade. Praised though it was, Mann equipment never became the army’s standard. Following the war, Mann moved to Mobile, Ala., where he edited a newspaper, The Register, invented a new luxury railroad car, called the “Mann Boudoir Car,” that he later sold to the Pullman Company, and ran for Congress. Mann eventually moved to New York City, where in his cynical assessment of “New York
ited by jackasses, libertines and a member of the Fift parvenus.” To Mann, it was also National Guard Militia
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that took place last summer a range in the little Hungarian
of Salorsputza, near Budapest Prominent European marksmen, including internationally kno Hungarian black powder shooter and iconic YouTube shootin personality Balázs Neméth, or nized the event, that saw a t of 273 participants from nine teen countries competing with rifles, handguns, and shotgun
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medal winners includsh shooter Viertola who took first place i tlock musket match wit oli Model 1777 musket ore of 95, French shoo Ducellier, who garnere the Swiss rifle match of 98. German Leonhard ook gold in the Minie
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rifle contest with a score of 97. Franz Lotspeic was overall win
ner in the clay bird events with twelve-gauge Pedersoli/Gibb
European championship matches over the five days, and the
Pedersoli folks had reason to be proud, as shooters using their guns won fifteen gold, eight silver, and twelve bronze medals. At the end of the senior events, there was a junior muzzle loading competition, where young shooters under sixteen were able to tr their hand and provide a vision o the future. Joseph G. Bilby received his BA and MA degrees in history from Seton Hall University and served as a lieutenant in the 1st Infantry Division in 1966–1967. H is Assistant Curator of the New Jersey National Guard and Militia Museum, a freelance writer and historical consultant and author or editor of 21 books and over 400 articles on N.J. and military history and firearms. He is also publications editor for the N.J. War 150 Committee and edited the award winning New Jersey Goes to
War. His latest book, New Jersey: A Military History, was published by Westholme Publishing in 2017. He has received an award for contributions to Monmouth County (N.J.) history and an Award of Merit from the N.J. Historical Commission for contributions to the state’s military history. He can be contacted by email at
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