Confederate percussion rifle

Titles: Confederate percussion rifle (Supplied title)

Description: Percussion rifle of about .54 caliber. The rifle's buttstock reads, "Jas Bishop 17 LA RED C" [17th Louisiana Regiment, Company C]. The rifle was retrieved from the Civil War battlefield at Vicksburg, Mississippi, by General John B. Sanborn of the Fourth Minnesota Infantry Regiment while his division performed garrison duty after the surrender. The rifle is half-stocked in walnut, has engraved nickel-silver mountings, an octagonal barrel, and the original ramrod tipped with brass. Made by Henry E. Leman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1850 - Not later than 1860 (Creation)
• Not earlier than 1861 - Not later than 1865 (Civil War) (Use)
• 07/1863 (Found at Vicksburg, Mississippi, battlefield.) (Discovery)

Creation

• maker: Leman, Henry E.
• collected by: Sanborn, John B. (John Benjamin)
• used by: Confederate States of America, Army, Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 17th, Company C
• owned/used by: Bishop, James

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 64.109.2

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of John B. Sanborn

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 142.5 centimeters length (overall)
• 101 centimeters length (barrel)
• .54 caliber

Subjects

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