![]() Regulation Federal issue carbine sling with brass buckle and tips and iron snap hook. The ideal carbine sling throughout the war was that used by the Federal cavalry and found in the 1861 Ordnance manual described as black (bridle or buff leather).-Length 56″, width 2.5″ one buckle and 1 tip (brass), swivel and D with roller, bright iron, 2.62 inches wide link and hook, iron guard-spring, steel.” 1.Ģ. In the event he was fighting dismounted as he was increasingly skilled to do or, became “unhorsed”, provided he survived the fall, this accoutrement still allowed the trooper ready access to his weapon. ![]() ![]() It was designed to enable the cavalryman to carry a long arm while mounted yet kept his hands free to make his choice of other weapons, either the pistol or saber and, all the while, hold the bridle reins to control his horse. Like other accoutrements, the shoulder slung carbine sling was a necessity. Among the many pieces of infantry, cavalry and artillery accoutrements manufactured by the Confederacy during the war, the evolution of the cavalry carbine sling seems to exemplify the Confederate Ordnance Department’s overall equipment supply challenges and their reactions, in what became their herculean and largely successful effort to field an army from scratch.
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