Rifle

Museum number:
2-38425a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210238425a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.1919
Description:
a: Rifle, muzzle loading. U.S. Model 1861 rifled musket. Caliber .58, 40” barrel, 56” overall. Marked “1862” and “US Springfield” with spread-winged eagle. Standard U.S. civil war infantry rifle. b: matching 18” bayonet. c: bayonet scabbard
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rifles (long guns)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rifle, accession number 2-38425a-c, described as a: Rifle, muzzle loading. U.S. Model 1861 rifled musket. Caliber .58, 40” barrel, 56” overall. Marked “1862” and “US Springfield” with spread-winged eagle. Standard U.S. civil war infantry rifle. b: matching 18” bayonet. c: bayonet scabbard
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rifle, accession number 2-38425a-c, described as a: Rifle, muzzle loading. U.S. Model 1861 rifled musket. Caliber .58, 40” barrel, 56” overall. Marked “1862” and “US Springfield” with spread-winged eagle. Standard U.S. civil war infantry rifle. b: matching 18” bayonet. c: bayonet scabbardDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rifle, accession number 2-38425a-c, described as a: Rifle, muzzle loading. U.S. Model 1861 rifled musket. Caliber .58, 40” barrel, 56” overall. Marked “1862” and “US Springfield” with spread-winged eagle. Standard U.S. civil war infantry rifle. b: matching 18” bayonet. c: bayonet scabbard

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