Yom Kippour War

Friday, September 4, 2020

A bit of Civil War history

 These photo are from the Springfield Arsenal museum collections.


Too close...
Who was carrying this Springfield Armory Model 1861 rifle-musket when it was hit by a minie ball? What battle was it? Unfortunately, many of the Civil War rifle-musket "Mishaps" we have in our collection are without detailed records. Was this due to the large number of rifle-muskets coming back to the Armory from the battlefield? Another mystery unsolved.





1 comment:

  1. Looks like it was being carried at Order Arms being as the ramrod is bent too. The surrounding spatter of hot lead fragments would have driven home just how close a call that was!

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