Civil War Object need Id-ing

[JakePhelps]

top screws off, any ides O yea it was found on a civil war battlefield.

 

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[wally992]

My slightly educated guess would be a powder flask that measured the amount of gunpowder for a load. I can't tell what kind of metal it is but most everything used around powder was made of copper or brass so any friction would not cause a spark