@MrDannysuzy go on google images and type in civil war envolope...size the image and then make your own envolope or put an envolope through your printer.
@97yankeeboy It shouldn't bend the bayonet man. I've used repro bayonets to open a can of food and it doesn't bend. Now if you tried to pitch a shelter half tent the way the regulations of the time told you to, (Insert the Tampion, fix bayonet and stick it into the ground tieing a rope off between the trigger guards and putting the tent over the ropes) that would bend the bayonet, but if you just poke holes in the can all the way around to open it, your bayonet should be fine.
@john4knecht They had can openers. There was 1 in every crate of Beef. It was from the bully beef company, This guy in our unit has an original that he uses. its shapes kinda like a bull lol
@2ndNCInfantry I hear you man, but that's where our trusty 'general purpose' or "boot knives' come in. You take the tip of your knife, and place it on the can. You take a hammer if you have one, (or a smooth rock) and you tap the handle of the knife just hard enough to puncture the can. Repeat as needed.
@2ndNCInfantry The Bully beef can opener wasnt invented until 1865. Beef to the soldiers came in barrels or on the hoof (walked into camp). That gentlemans can opener would not be period correct for most events and would be better left at home.
@basilone12 Yes these were but only in the very begining and western theater more towards the end. this is whay in all my vids last year i have a blanket roll.
@97yankeeboy John M. Adair wrote on his experiences at the battle of shiloh how he and the majority of his unit lost their knapsacks when they fell back on the 1st day. He was part of the 45th IL. The blanket roll was used for many reasons. the major ones being less weight, necessity of not being issued knapsacks or lost one and didnt want to pay for a new one.
where did you get the envolopes
MrDannysuzy 1 month ago
@MrDannysuzy go on google images and type in civil war envolope...size the image and then make your own envolope or put an envolope through your printer.
97yankeeboy 1 month ago
You should slip a boot pistol in your nutsack. oppps I mean napsack.
Type99Arisaka 3 months ago
How to open a can. :o
Type99Arisaka 3 months ago
do what they did to open cans, the tip of your bayonet
john4knecht 3 months ago
@john4knecht i would but its so sad that repro bayonets are so cheaply made that it will bend the bayonet
97yankeeboy 3 months ago
@97yankeeboy It shouldn't bend the bayonet man. I've used repro bayonets to open a can of food and it doesn't bend. Now if you tried to pitch a shelter half tent the way the regulations of the time told you to, (Insert the Tampion, fix bayonet and stick it into the ground tieing a rope off between the trigger guards and putting the tent over the ropes) that would bend the bayonet, but if you just poke holes in the can all the way around to open it, your bayonet should be fine.
john4knecht 3 months ago
@john4knecht They had can openers. There was 1 in every crate of Beef. It was from the bully beef company, This guy in our unit has an original that he uses. its shapes kinda like a bull lol
2ndNCInfantry 3 months ago
@2ndNCInfantry Very interesting. but that very awsome information aside. Not every one would have had one... So the tip of a bayonet works just fine.
john4knecht 3 months ago
@john4knecht Oh yea! I wish we had bayonets lol, but being cavalry we dont :(
when i started out, i just used sharp rocks to open my cans of salt pork haha!
2ndNCInfantry 3 months ago
@2ndNCInfantry I hear you man, but that's where our trusty 'general purpose' or "boot knives' come in. You take the tip of your knife, and place it on the can. You take a hammer if you have one, (or a smooth rock) and you tap the handle of the knife just hard enough to puncture the can. Repeat as needed.
john4knecht 3 months ago
@2ndNCInfantry The Bully beef can opener wasnt invented until 1865. Beef to the soldiers came in barrels or on the hoof (walked into camp). That gentlemans can opener would not be period correct for most events and would be better left at home.
TheIrishbill 1 month ago
A blanket roll was also common
basilone12 3 months ago
@basilone12 Yes these were but only in the very begining and western theater more towards the end. this is whay in all my vids last year i have a blanket roll.
97yankeeboy 3 months ago
@97yankeeboy John M. Adair wrote on his experiences at the battle of shiloh how he and the majority of his unit lost their knapsacks when they fell back on the 1st day. He was part of the 45th IL. The blanket roll was used for many reasons. the major ones being less weight, necessity of not being issued knapsacks or lost one and didnt want to pay for a new one.
TheIrishbill 1 month ago