Cartridge Box

From Henry Whitfield State Museum

Wood, Leather, Cloth

Gideon Norton (1759-1822) of North Guilford carried this cartridge box with him when he marched to White Plains, New York, in 1776. He was 17 years old when he joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Received from Mrs. Lucy Ann Norton Hunt of Guilford in 1902

Accession/ID Number HW1902.136b

Subjects

• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783