Cartridge Box Carried by Charles Grebel, 74th PA Infantry, Possibly at Gettysburg

    This .58 cal cartridge box was carried by Charles Grebel of the 74th PAInfantry. Grebel enlisted on September5th, 1862 at age 23, and was mustered out with the regiment on June 22, 1865 at Clarksburg, WV.

The 74th PA was one of many all German regiments in the army. Commanded by Col.Alexander Schimmelfennig, the regiment saw
its first significant action at Cross Keys in the Shennandoah Valley, and was heavily engaged at Second Manassas. Attached to the largely German XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, the regiment was roughly handled at Chancellorsville, where the XI Corps bore the brunt of Stonewall Jackson's crushing flank attack.

The XI Corps Germans, denigrated by their rout at Chancellorsville, were again flanked and routed on the first day at Gettysburg. After the battle, their brigade was permanently transfered from the Army of the Potomac to South Carolina, where the 74th participated in the campaign to seize Charleston. 

The 74th Pennsylvania's losses during the war were as follows:

Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 2

Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 1

Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 54

Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc: 85

74th PA Monument at Gettysburg.
The regiment lost 10 killed, 40
wounded, and 60 captured or missing
in the battle. 

Grebel's name on the Pennsylvania State Memorial at
Gettysburg, one of 34,530

"C.S. Storms, NY Maker" mark. Christian S. Storms
received a contract for 15,000 .58 cartridge boxes
in 1862

The removable tins held 40 .58 cal paper cartridges

A copy of Charles Grebel's discharge. He is listed as 5' 8 1/2" 
tall, with fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. His
occupation is listed as Laborer. 

Legal document regarding an unpaid $100 bounty to Grebel