A very nice intact example of an original civil war era, early production US Model 1864 .58 Cal. Cartridge Box. This box would have been produced in early March of 1864. It still has its original tins, retains all of its original tabs, buckles, flaps and side tabs. Has a very crisp US stamping on the front Flap and the inner flap is nicely marked “H.G. Haedrich / Philada.” Haedrich had been a harness maker and saddler in Philadelphia before the war and  obtained U.S. government contracts for producing  army accouterments in 1862 and 1863. In 1864 he received a contract for 20,000 sets of infantry accouterments to be delivered to the Frankford Arsenal. Although the government was experimenting with various styles of the of the Model 64, eliminating the inner flap, Haedrich is noted as supplying this variation in early March of 1864.