Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Type I Massachusetts Contract Rifled Musket by Norris & Clement Dated 1864 Flintlock Muskets and Rifles Brooks company

Brooks company

it looks to have been captured or traded to Ottoman Turks

These were igniting fuzes

This would probably be for the 16th Pioneer Engineers Regiment

The propelling charge is contained in a spherical high pressure propellant chamber with vent holes in the top

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Type I Massachusetts Contract Rifled Musket by Norris & Clement Dated 1864 Flintlock Muskets and Rifles Brooks companyOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1863 rifled musket is a . 58 caliber rifled musket produced by the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865. The Model 1863 was a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The Model 1861, with all of its variants, was the most commonly used longarm in the American Civil War, with over 700,000 manufactured. The