sentences:  For the military, this made it neat and, when held to the side in its folded form by the soldier's belt, it became part of the uniform of many regiments in the British army.In Australia and elsewhere, the word "haversack" is synonymous with "rucksack" or other similar terms and is used to describe any backpack or more than one backpack.Haversacks were in use during the American Civil War, as recounted in Grant's memoirs, "In addition to the supplies transported by boat, the men were to carry forty rounds of ammunition in the cartridge-boxes and four days' rations in haversacks."