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Replicas of 1841 Mississippi Rifle and 1849 Colt Third Variation .44 Pistol. The Model 1841 was replaced by the minie ball firing Springfield Model 1855, which became the standard issue weapon for regular army infantry, and ultimately the Springfield Model 1861 and Model 1863.
Soldiers in the 1st Battalion Massachusetts Rifles, the three core Essex County militia companies were armed with Model 1841 Mississippi rifles. [ 1 ] [ note 13 ] These rifles had been manufactured by contract in 1844 in Windsor, Vermont by the Robbins and Lawrence Armory (R&L) [ 59 ] which had also made the 1855 modifications of increasing the ...
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 ...
Model 1842 musket with bayonets, M1841 Mississippi Rifle, M1842 dragoon pistol, M1840 Cavalry saber, M1840 light artillery sabers, 10-inch shells, various small arms and ordnance J. C. Peck Atlanta, Georgia
The Defeat of the Mexican Lancers by the Mississippi Rifles by Samuel Chamberlain (watercolor painted c. 1860) Jefferson Davis, c. 1847 Example of a .54-caliber, muzzle-loading, percussion-fire 1841 Mississippi rifle, as manufactured by Eli Whitney in 1849 (U.S. Military Service Institute via Smithsonian Online)
Colt Army Model 1860; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt Paterson; Colt Walker; F. Fayetteville rifle; G. ... M1841 Mississippi rifle; Maynard carbine; Model 1795 Musket; Model ...
M1841 Rifle "Mississippi Rifle" (percussion muzzle-loader;.54, .58) ... Model 1841 Navy Officers' Sword; Model 1834 Revenue Cutter Service Officers' Sword;
Remington supplied the U.S. Navy with its first breech-loading rifle. Remington supplied the U.S. Army with rifles in the Mexican–American War (1846 to 1848). Shortly after, Remington took over a defaulted contract (by John Griffith of Cincinnati) for 5,000 U.S. Model 1841 Percussion Mississippi rifles. Based on the success of filling these ...