Original U.S. Civil War Antietam Battlefield Pickup Eli Whitney P-1853 Type Rifled Musket with Provenance Tag U.S. Equipment The chape has some minor

The chape has some minor dents

supplies and medical help

looking for an opening to exploit

" Ridgway died in 1993 at the age of 98

and they did not want the eventual "winning side" to be able to blame them for "supplying the enemy"

Original U.S. Civil War Antietam Battlefield Pickup Eli Whitney P-1853 Type Rifled Musket with Provenance Tag U.S. Equipment The chape has some minorOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a fantastic bit of U. S. firearms AND military history! The story of this musket began during the Crimean war of 1853 1856, one of the many Victorian era conflicts in Europe precipitated by the decline of the Ottoman Empire. When the war began, England had just patterned the new P 1853 Enfield 3 Band rifled musket, and unfortunately their domestic production had not produced enough for the conflict, much