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Equiptment and Accoutrement Lists and Descriptions
The Third Bristol County Militia Regiment wanted their men to have the
following at muster: "a good firearm with steel or iron ramrod, and spring to
retain the same, a worm, priming wire and brush, and a bayonet fitted to his
gun, a tomahawk or hatchet, a pouch containing a cartridge box that will hold
fifteen rounds of cartridges at least, a hundred of buckshot, a jack knife,
and tow for wadding, six flints, one pound of powder, forty leaden balls fitted
to his gun, a knapsack and blanket, a canteen or wooden bottle suffiecient to
hold one quart. (Continental Journal and weekly adviser,
January 22, 1778)
Another early company document mentions : a powderhorn, a bullet pouch to contain 40
leaden balls, a knapsack, a canteen, a firearm of good worth, a haversack,a
belt, a good pair of overalls (Mass Archives, Boston Gazette May 26, 1777)
"List of Men & accoutrements of Each man [illegible words] Regiment in Bristol County [Massachusetts]" in a private collection. Its dated 1776 - but no month or year:
"Men including officers - 678, Firearms - 446, Ramrods - 129, Springs - 9, Worms - 160,
Priming wires - 193, Brushes - 138, Bayonets - 175, Scabbards - 142, Belts - 181, Cutting swords & hatchets - 255, Cartridge box and powder - 274, Buckshot - 10373, Jackknives - 403, Tow for men - 258
flints for men - 2084, pounds powder - 244 1/2, Bullets - 11934, Knapsack - 365, Blankets - 386
Canteens - 295"