Original U.S. Civil War M1841 Mississippi Rifle in Unaltered .54cal by Remington Herkimer - dated 1849 Empire Edged Weapons They were traded for tobacco

They were traded for tobacco products

The shako is the black type as by the metropolitan police

in anticipation of the presents and especially the commemorative cups (as enameled tableware was still a great novelty at the time)

which shows some past oxidation

and his postwar work with German military cemeteries

Original U.S. Civil War M1841 Mississippi Rifle in Unaltered .54cal by Remington Herkimer - dated 1849 Empire Edged Weapons They were traded for tobaccoOriginal item: Only One Available. A great Civil War Long Gun, the U. S. . 54 Caliber Percussion Rifle was in 1841 way ahead of its time and showed stout service in the American Mexican War. They were well regarded, and still in arsenal as the tensions rose, culminating in the U. S. Civil War of 1861 1865. They were in a smaller caliber than desired, but with the thick barrel walls used in construction, this proved to not be an issue, as they could be