00:00 - Hi. I'm George Klutzz, a private

00:03 - in the forty fourth Georgia

00:04 - company C out of Watkinsville,

00:06 - Georgia about to show you what

00:08 - my life possessions are as a

00:10 - member of the forty fourth

00:11 - Georgia fighting in the civil

00:13 - war.

00:14 - Most important possession

00:15 - happens to be my Springfield

00:18 - rifle, 1861 58 caliber

00:21 - Springfield. Happened to be

00:23 - given this by the Georgia unit

00:26 - in order for me to protect

00:28 - myself.

00:29 - All my life possessions sit on

00:31 - my body.

00:32 - Today I have my bedroll.

00:34 - There's three parts to my

00:35 - bedroll as I get to carry it.

00:37 - Today I have the rubber part or

00:40 - my gum blanket would actually

00:42 - also doubles as a raincoat for

00:44 - me as it has a slit in that.

00:46 - Also the Army issued me a

00:48 - blanket, a wool blanket in order

00:50 - for warmth.

00:51 - If I would need that in a cooler

00:54 - climate and cooler weather

00:55 - activities and my wife and

00:57 - family happened to make me a

00:59 - blanket of my own to carry with

01:00 - me as I bivouacked myself and

01:03 - set myself up throughout our

01:06 - engagement and campaign

01:08 - activities. Other than my

01:09 - blanket.

01:10 - Besides the issue of the leather

01:12 - goods including my Georgia

01:14 - buckle issued from the state of

01:16 - Georgia. My cartridge box and my

01:22 - cap box. My bayonet. I carry

01:25 - everything else that is

01:26 - important to me and my life

01:27 - within my haversack here. That

01:29 - includes my coffee cup.

01:30 - For those rare mornings where I

01:32 - might get a brew of coffee along

01:34 - the way and inside my haversack

01:37 - today things are pretty tight.

01:39 - We are. We don't have much in

01:41 - the way of goods so I've got

01:43 - myself my simple fork and spoon

01:51 - in which I used to eat along

01:53 - with my plate in which I use my

01:56 - plate in order to take my heated

01:58 - food with all of us.

02:01 - I may get a chance to actually

02:02 - fry something. That's my frying

02:04 - pan strapped to my canteen in

02:06 - order to give myself a fresh

02:09 - warm meal. Filling my canteen

02:11 - from a local stream if I can

02:12 - find some local water for me to

02:14 - keep.

02:15 - That's my life possessions.

02:17 - George Klutzz, Forty fourth

02:18 - Georgia.

02:19 - Thanks for talking today.