Original U.S. Civil War M1858 Bullseye Canteen Converted to M1878 & Unit Marked to 1st North Carolina Infantry French Machine Guns demonstrating the bolt working

demonstrating the bolt working

and heat batch code 332B which corresponds to a manufacture date of approximately of November 1942

steel body with a base that tapers

Unfortunately the leather “tongue” tab that secures to the ball finial on the button is torn with about half of the material missing

3rd vehicle of Head Quarters

Original U.S. Civil War M1858 Bullseye Canteen Converted to M1878 & Unit Marked to 1st North Carolina Infantry French Machine Guns demonstrating the bolt workingOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a phenomenal M1858 Bullseye canteen whose use spreads across the U. S. Civil War, the Indian Wars, and the Spanish American War, which is when it was likely most recently used. It has its original Rock Island Arsenal marked leather strap which is still very pliable. The front of the canteen is marked 1 N. C. for the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, which conducted guard duty in Cuba at the end of the