Civil War Match Safe or Cap Box Confederate Gulf City Guards Mobile Alabama. Awesome piece, I was calling it a match safe or percussion cap box, but I have been informed that it is a Civil War correspondent's inkwell. It is made of brass and measures 2-7/8 inches tall x 2-1/2 inches wide x 1 inch thick. Good condition, leather has some life still. Marked "Gulf City Guards 3rd" which was a Confederate unit out of Mobile Alabama.
_gsrx_vers_634 GS 6.9.8 (634). The item "Civil War Correspondent's Inkwell Confederate Gulf City Guards Mobile Alabama" is in sale since Tuesday, August 08, 2017. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Other Civil War Original Items". The seller is "buckieballs" and is located in Chappell Hill, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan.