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In 1855, the Mississippi rifle was changed to .58 caliber, so that it could use the .58 caliber Minie Ball that had recently become standard. Many older Mississippi rifles were re-bored to .58 caliber. The rifle was also modified to accept a sword type bayonet. The first Mississippi rifles had a v-notch sight. This was later replaced with leaf ...
Model 1842 musket with bayonets, M1841 Mississippi Rifle, M1842 dragoon pistol, ... (Our Rifles), 1920, pp. 219-220. Civil War Guns and Weapons at thomaslegion.net;
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
The 1st Battalion, Mississippi Mounted Rifles was a unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War, [1] and was the only Union Mississippi unit created during the Civil War other than regiments of the United States Colored Troops [2]
Henry M1860 repeating rifle: The Civil War precursor to the Winchester repeating rifle based on early lever-action repeating rifles made by New Haven Arms Company Co. These highly prized weapons were privately purchased by those who could afford them. Joslyn rifle: The Joslyn was made in both percussion and rimfire configuration. Lorenz rifle
Soldiers in the 38th were initially armed with Model 1841 Mississippi rifles. [ 4 ] [ note 4 ] These rifles had been manufactured by the Harper's Ferry Arsenal and by contract in 1844 in Windsor, Vermont by the Robbins and Lawrence Armory (R&L) [ 14 ] which had also made the 1855 modifications of increasing the bore to .58 and fitting them with ...
Col. John M. Simonton of the 1st Mississippi Regiment in 1862, after being captured at Fort Donelson. The regiment was organized from May - August 1861 and sent to Iuka for training under the command of Colonel John M. Simonton, reporting a total strength of 682 men. [1]
The 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 2nd Regiment was composed of volunteer companies from North Mississippi which were sent to join the Confederate forces in Virginia in the spring of 1861.