Description
This long arm is in about the best condition of any I have seen in over three years! All metal is bright, markings are crisp and strong, bore is fine and the ESA cartouche is so strong you can feel it with your fingertip! Includes original barrel tompion!
Fresh from an estate in central Ohio, this fine weapon comes with a family history of having been brought home by Captain Francis R. Stewart of Co. A, 49th Regiment, OVI. While there is no concrete evidence of the provenance, there is a “49” stamped in the buttplate of the weapon.
The US Model 1863 Springfield rifle musket was a primary .58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading weapon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War, manufactured by Springfield Armory in Massachusetts. It was a refined “war expedient” version of the Model 1861, featuring improved barrel bands, a new ramrod, and a simplified hammer. Over 273,000 were produced in 1863, with some variations, often called the 1864, after reintroducing standard bands.
The 49th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Noble in Tiffin, Ohio, August and September 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel William H. Gibson. The 49th Ohio Infantry has the distinction of being the first Union regiment to enter Kentucky after Confederate forces violated the state’s neutrality.
The regiment was attached to Johnson’s Brigade, McCook‘s Command, at Nolin, Ky., to November 1861. 6th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, IV Corps, to August 1865. Department of Texas to November 1865.
The 49th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Victoria, Texas on November 30, 1865.
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