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Military Museum’s Video of the Week Features a Hunter’s Field Companion
Release Date:
Friday, June 13, 2008
Contact:

Jai Cassidy Shaiman
Public Information Coordinator
SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum
jcassidy@crr.sc.gov
803-737-8095

Press Release:

This week’s new video on the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum’s YouTube Channel features Joe Long, Curator of Education, discussing a 19th century hunter's field companion.  Called a "half and half," this leather shotgun accoutrement held gun powder in one pouch and bird shot in the other.
 
The museum’s site video can be accessed by visiting www.crr.sc.gov/videos or http://www.youtube.com/SCCRRMM. After creating a free YouTube account visitors choose to subscribe to the channel by clicking the “Subscribe” button in the top right hand corner of the page. New videos are added regularly.
 
Founded in 1896, the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum is the oldest museum in the Columbia area. The museum focuses on South Carolina’s military history from the Revolutionary War to the present War on Terror. 

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