Watervliet Arsenal .58 cal Ammunition Crate (1861)
Faithful reproduction from an original in private collection. Please note that this crate is stenciled “.58” caliber, as this is an example of an early war crate. I appears that sometime in late 1861 or early 1862, the Watervliet Arenal began marking .57 exclusively on their crates to denote .574 cal. bullets that would fire out of both .577 Enfields and .58 Springfields.
Faithful reproduction from an original in private collection. Please note that this crate is stenciled “.58” caliber, as this is an example of an early war crate. I appears that sometime in late 1861 or early 1862, the Watervliet Arenal began marking .57 exclusively on their crates to denote .574 cal. bullets that would fire out of both .577 Enfields and .58 Springfields.
Faithful reproduction from an original in private collection. Please note that this crate is stenciled “.58” caliber, as this is an example of an early war crate. I appears that sometime in late 1861 or early 1862, the Watervliet Arenal began marking .57 exclusively on their crates to denote .574 cal. bullets that would fire out of both .577 Enfields and .58 Springfields.