Civil War wagon or artillery wrench?

[smokeythecat]

About 10" long. What say ye? From a Union 6th Corps camp in Virginia.

 

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[creskol]

a clevis pin from a wagon...not necessarily from the Civil War

 

[smokeythecat]

It is a wrench for an old fashioned square bolt - a big one. Jaw is perfectly square.

 

[Gene Mean]

Combo pin/wrench?

 

[smokeythecat]

Somewhat different. The one I have does not have the raised lines at the "head" of the wrench, or the "stop" piece nor a hole in the handle for pin. Mine was found in an artillery camp, 6th Corps. There is very little trash there. It looks similar also to a naval fuse wrench, but it again, is slightly different.

 

[Gene Mean]

Somewhat different. The one I have does not have the raised lines at the "head" of the wrench, or the "stop" piece nor a hole in the handle for pin. Mine was found in an artillery camp, 6th Corps. There is very little trash there. It looks similar also to a naval fuse wrench, but it again, is slightly different.

Maybe older and a little more primitive. Made in the camp maybe.

 

[Tony in SC]

Axle nut wrench for a wagon, often used as the bolster pin as a place to keep it.

 

[ticndig]

I agree with Creskol , lots of styles for this pin/ wrench used on horse drawn equipment.