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    The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield"...
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    The Model 1863 was only a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The...
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    the Springfield Model 1861 supplanted it, obviating the use of the insufficiently weather resistant Maynard tape primer. The Model 1855 Springfield was...
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    Massachusetts. It was a modification of the Springfield Model 1861. It was later replaced with the Springfield Model 1866. During the U.S. Civil War, the advantage...
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    Springfield Model 1855 and Springfield Model 1861. Both the original smoothbore version and the modified rifled version of the Model 1842 were used in the...
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    The trapdoor Springfields had originally been designed as an inexpensive method of converting Springfield Model 1861 and Springfield Model 1863 rifled...
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  • "Springfield rifles". Smoothbore musket: Springfield Model 1795 Springfield Model 1812 Springfield Model 1816 Springfield Model 1822 Springfield Model...
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  • Springfield Model 1861 – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket. Springfield Model 1863 – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket. Springfield rifle...
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  • weapons that directly replaced smoothbore muskets. For example, the Springfield Model 1861 with its percussion lock mechanism and long barrel was called a...
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  • also used extensively by various manufacturers, such as Springfield (the Springfield Model 1861) and Enfield (the Pattern 1853 Enfield). Minié rifles were...
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    serious wounds than earlier round musket balls. Both the American Springfield Model 1861 and the British Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled muskets, the most common...
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  • U.S. Model 1861 muskets and Sharps rifle Here is a number of Springfield Model 1861 contract rifles produced elsewhere except Springfield Griffith, P...
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  • The Springfield Model 1795 was a .69 caliber flintlock musket manufactured in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the United States. The Model 1795...
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  • train guard detachments. Its unit cost (several times that of a Springfield Model 1861 rifled musket) also stood in the way. However, shortly after the...
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  • 1844) Springfield Model 1855 (US – rifle – 1855) Springfield Model 1861 (US – rifle – 1861) Springfield Model 1863 (US – rifle – 1863) Springfield Model 1865...
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    muzzle-loading rifles. Rifled muskets of the mid-19th century, like the Springfield Model 1861 which dealt heavy casualties at the Battle of Four Lakes, were significantly...
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    rifles were used alongside muzzle-loading rifled muskets such as the Springfield Model 1861. The first Henry rifles were not produced for army use until mid-1862...
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    the primary small arms used by each side were the .58 caliber Springfield Model 1861 rifle-musket (North), and the .577 caliber Enfield rifle-musket...
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    Postmaster, son founded Lamson, Goodnow & Yale, producing muskets Springfield Model 1861 for Abraham Lincoln's army, family of millionaire Congressman Chester...
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    too complicated for issue to soldiers and was supplanted by the Springfield Model 1861, a conventional muzzle loading rifle. During the American Civil...
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    most widely used infantry weapon in the war, surpassed only by the Springfield Model 1861 Rifled Musket. The Confederates imported more Enfields during the...
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  • in design to the British Pattern 1853 Enfield and the American Springfield Model 1861 rifle-muskets. It had a 37.5-inch (95 cm) barrel which was held...
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    firearms. Muzzleloaders included the Brown Bess, Charleville and Springfield Model 1861 muskets, the Kentucky and Mississippi rifles, and the duelling pistol...
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    19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (category Military units and formations established in 1861)
    Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) Issued weapons M1841 Mississippi rifle 1856 Enfield short rifle Springfield...
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  • issue weapon for regular army infantry, and ultimately the Springfield Model 1861 and Model 1863. By the time of the Civil War, the Mississippi Rifle was...
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  • Model 1863 Springfield Model 1861 1853 Enfield musket Springfield Model 1855 M1819 Hall Rifle Model 1816 Musket Springfield Model 1812 Musket Model 1795 Musket...
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  • Magazine: Personal Defense World. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-03-16. "SPRINGFIELD ARMORY US MODEL 1903 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER RANGES". bowersweapons.com. Archived...
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    American Civil War vintage such as the Pattern 1853 Enfield and Springfield Model 1861. Metal cartridge weapons were prized by native combatants, such...
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    musket, of which the Springfield Model 1861 and its derivatives was the most common. Rugged and simple to construct, "Springfields" as they were known...
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    Iron Brigade (category Military units and formations established in 1861)
    bayonet and scabbard, haversack and other various items of kit. The Springfield Model 1861 rifled musket, firing the .58 caliber projectile, was issued to...
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