Object Details
- associated person; user
- Brownell, Frank E.
- associated person
- Ellsworth, Elmer E.
- patentee
- Maynard, E.
- Harpers Ferry Armory
- Description (Brief)
- Model 1855 U.S. Percussion Rifle, .58-caliber single shot muzzleloader with Maynard primer; lug on right side of barrel for saber bayonet; walnut stock, patchbox on right side of butt.
- Description
- Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, commander of the 11th New York Infantry, was killed on May 24, 1861. Ellsworth led a company of his men into Alexandria, VA where they saw a large Confederate flag flying over the roof of the Marshall House hotel on King Street. They went to the rooftop and lowered the flag. As they were descending they were surprised by the innkeeper, James W. Jackson. Jackson leveled a double-barrel shotgun at Ellsworth and killed him instantly with a shot to the chest. Pvt. Frank Brownell, of the 11th New York Infantry, used this Model 1855 Percussion Rifle and its bayonet to kill James Jackson.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Frank E. Brownell
- 1860
- associated date
- 1860
- ID Number
- AF.202729
- catalog number
- 202729
- accession number
- 22306
- Object Name
- rifle
- rifle, percussion
- Other Terms
- rifle; Firearms; Tape Prime; .58 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 49 in x 2 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 124.46 cm x 6.35 cm
- overall: 48 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 123.19 cm x 5.715 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Frank E. Brownell
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_414336
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-0c08-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
