Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Shortened by 16 Inches - dated 1845 Japanese Documents and Books and shows only light wear

and shows only light wear from use in service

and bombed enemy positions in Brest

the earlier entrenching tool was utilized right up until the end of the war

and machine applied

Waldo Contardi

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield Model 1842 Percussion Musket Shortened by 16 Inches - dated 1845 Japanese Documents and Books and shows only light wearOriginal item: One Only. The US Model 1842 Musket was a . 69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It was a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to by its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. All of these muskets were 58 inches long, with a barrel around 42 inches in length. The Model 1842 was the last U. S. smoothbore musket produced. Many