With officers providing their own weapons and kit, I wonder if they provided their own reloading equipment from commercial sources. Basically, the Lyman Tong tools?

I cannot imagine being on an ammunition loading detail was any more fun than being on kitchen patrol! My kids didn't like getting drafted to load the shot shells they had fun using up in a hurry! Why would frontier soldiers be any different. So, I'm sure the Unit kit was highly abused!

Ivan