Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Type II Percussion Rifled Musket in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1864 21st Century contained in an original case

contained in an original case

as are the buttons

The body of this shako is composed of a heavy weight pressed blue wool felt

except that it was painted black over the standard army brown

decided to arm the new batteries of light or horse artillery

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1863 Type II Percussion Rifled Musket in Grade 2 "As Found" Condition - dated 1864 21st Century contained in an original caseOriginal item: One of a Kind. Over the years, IMA has purchased many collections and groups of antique guns, in which case we need to take all of them, as we did in Nepal. While these collections were generally full of guns that relatively good condition, they also had some that were less complete and unfortunately would take more restoration time than we were able to give them. We kept them in storage, possibly for future products, but have now