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This British made canteen was among the goods imported by the Confederacy. The canteen is marked "1854" and was probably part of a large order of surplus military goods purchased by a Confederate agent in England. Wooden canteens like this one date back to long before the formation of the Confederacy. During the Civil War tin canteens were favored over wooden ones since they did not tend to leak. However, wooden canteens were frequently made in the South due to the lack of metal.
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