He has a canteen slung across his chest, and wears a backpack with a bedroll. He carries a bedroll draped over his left shoulder, and wears a Confederate cap. The soldier holds a rifle, its butt resting on the ground, and carries a bedroll. She just had her slicker and bedroll. In practice, it almost duplicated the cowboy bedroll. A petate is a bedroll used in Central America and Mexico.