Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1855 Short Rifled Musket by Harpers Ferry with Taper Primer System & Patch Box - dated 1859 - Year of John Brown Raid U.S. Documents & Books was made from surplus US

was made from surplus US M-1873 Trapdoor rifle bayonets

It has a small TANTO style knife with a 7" blade

You can easily see the bold crisp gold eReL logo

the British infantry sought some sort of artillery for close support

The trigger guard is marked with 138945 (1891 Manufacture) and the grip frame with 133155 (1890 manufacture)

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1855 Short Rifled Musket by Harpers Ferry with Taper Primer System & Patch Box - dated 1859 - Year of John Brown Raid U.S. Documents & Books was made from surplus USOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1855 was a rifle musket widely used in the American Civil War. It was manufactured by the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts and at the Harpers Ferry Armory in Virginia (modern day West Virginia) along with independent contractors. The design exploited the advantages of the new conical Mini ball, which could be deadly at over 1,000 yards. About 60,000 of these rifles were made, and it was a